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Yorkiemom1 · 10-10-2014, 04:27 PM

I had also tried the cyclosporin drops in Majic's eyes. Majic lost his ability to make tears as a result of the parvo virus settling in his tear duct glands....it became brutally clear there was really nothing we could do to restore function to his tear ducts. So we do eye care at least 3-6 times a day, and I also use the Genteal drops three times a day. I use Gentamycin drops in between the ointments and eye washes..... and I also use Terramycin ointment last thing at night. Majic, thank goodness, is doing very well, and his eyes stay lubricated and clear and sharp. His eye sight so far, has apparently not been affected, and this has been a daily ritual for about 10 years now. While it will not "fix" the problem, it manages the symptoms very well. Majic loves to have warm washes/compresses over his little eyes for a couple of minutes each morning...then we start with the drops and ointments. I did get a prescription for .....?? Lacricet ??? from a cancer doctor I knew from work. Those are tiny little things the size of a grain of short grain rice, and you put it inbetween the lower eyelid and the eye ball. It is designed to slowly disolve over 12 hours all during the day, keeping the eye lubricated. The problem is he rubs his face all down into the pillows and blankets on my bed, and he would dislodge the tiny granule. I was afraid he was going to scratch his cornea so I stopped using that. I had used it years ago on another one of my dogs that suffered dry eye, and she did very well with the procedure and never dislodged it.

10-10-2014, 04:27 PM	#4
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	I had also tried the cyclosporin drops in Majic's eyes. Majic lost his ability to make tears as a result of the parvo virus settling in his tear duct glands....it became brutally clear there was really nothing we could do to restore function to his tear ducts. So we do eye care at least 3-6 times a day, and I also use the Genteal drops three times a day. I use Gentamycin drops in between the ointments and eye washes..... and I also use Terramycin ointment last thing at night. Majic, thank goodness, is doing very well, and his eyes stay lubricated and clear and sharp. His eye sight so far, has apparently not been affected, and this has been a daily ritual for about 10 years now. While it will not "fix" the problem, it manages the symptoms very well. Majic loves to have warm washes/compresses over his little eyes for a couple of minutes each morning...then we start with the drops and ointments. I did get a prescription for .....?? Lacricet ??? from a cancer doctor I knew from work. Those are tiny little things the size of a grain of short grain rice, and you put it inbetween the lower eyelid and the eye ball. It is designed to slowly disolve over 12 hours all during the day, keeping the eye lubricated. The problem is he rubs his face all down into the pillows and blankets on my bed, and he would dislodge the tiny granule. I was afraid he was going to scratch his cornea so I stopped using that. I had used it years ago on another one of my dogs that suffered dry eye, and she did very well with the procedure and never dislodged it.