Eye infection! Help!
 

I have a 10 week old litter of yorkie pups and one of them started holding his eye shut yesterday. He also was not quite himself although he is eating and drinking just not playing much with the other pups. Anyways, called the vet
1st thing this am and they couldn't get me in until 2:20. So he has a pretty bad eye infection. I'm thinking it happened during puppy play as he did yell pretty good the other day and I'm thinking that one of the other puppies got him in the eye. The vet couldn't say for sure how it happened. Anyways, he's on Clavomax - oral antibiotic and Atropine drops and an antibiotic eye ointment. Does anyone have any advice for me? Anyone ever experienced this? I can tell he isn't feeling so great... poor baby! :(

Aw, poor little guy! Did the vet say in addition to the infection, did he scratch his cornea a bit too? Usually (stress usually), if they're holding their eye shut, it might be scratched...but with "normal" eye infections (ie, conjuctivitis), there is the watering and often the greenish goop and a little smell. Both my dogs have had the latter type. Of course, maybe your little guy has both..and it sounds like the vet may think so too? At any rate, the ointment and drops should soothe. Hang in there, my guys were feeling better pretty quick!

Thanks Ann! She said she couldn't say. :( I kinda thought it was from wrestling with the others because the other day he really let out a big yelp. But really I don't know either. He was just holding his eye shut last nite/ this am. I called 1st thing this am even though I have an appt tomorrow for shots but I was just worried and the earliest they could get me in was 2:20. I went to work for a few hours this am and left my 15 year old in charge just to watch him. I called every hour cause I was so worried. Anyways, he ate & drank fine but was just not acting like himself. By the time I got home he had some yellowish goop in his eye. I think it was yellowish instead of green. I was gonna wash him up but then decided that maybe the vet should see it. I just feel like maybe I should've insisted that they see me earlier in the day. I don't know......But he does seem to be doing a little bit better. He's already starting to perk and he's opening his eye although it looks pretty ugly right now. I hope I see a big difference in the am! They all go in for shots tomorrow but I'm thinking that I am going to just have the vet look at his eye again and wait until he's feeling a bit better before shots. Poor baby!

Meg had an eye infection when I brought her home at 13 weeks. The doctor prescribed a gel to put on her eyes, and it cleared up within a couple days. She has been fine since. I can't remember the name of the medicine, but I could take a look at it when I get home. THe vet said to keep the medicine in case the infection came back, but like I said, so far, so good.

I hope your little pup heals soon!

You Should be fine doing the shots if the vet tell you he can have. Better be safe than sorry. If everyone in the litter is getting vaccinated you better get him on the same track.
Good Luck !

thanks for this post. candy had her first set of vacs on wednesday, was great till yesterday, noticed shewas whimpering a bit,her face is so dark i didnt notice till i picked her up but her eye area was all hard and there was goo, i bathed it with warm water, its still the same this morning, she wont eat her kibble will eat chicken and a bit of rice, and her poo is a little runny, shes just not herself, my vet cant fit me in till6pm im so worried