Eye cataract + kidney problems

[MissSunni]

I will be thinking of you tomorrow. Its stressful. People here genuinely care. I've had so many pet problems and was dealing with them alone (with vet). I'm a widow, and though my family and friends understand that I love my babies, I don't think they actually understand just how much I do. Since sharing things here, I've gotten so much support and understanding. And I feel like its normal to be so crazy about my little loves I share the good, bad and ugly. And get kind comments and help with it all. Good luck!

[yorkiemini]

You refer to going to a vet - are you seeing a vet who specializes in opthamology or a general vet? My pup has cataracts and we see a vet who specializes in eye care. Our regular vet referred us to them.

[shiva]

Originally Posted by MissSunni

I will be thinking of you tomorrow. Its stressful. People here genuinely care. I've had so many pet problems and was dealing with them alone (with vet). I'm a widow, and though my family and friends understand that I love my babies, I don't think they actually understand just how much I do. Since sharing things here, I've gotten so much support and understanding. And I feel like its normal to be so crazy about my little loves I share the good, bad and ugly. And get kind comments and help with it all. Good luck!

THanks for your comment. I appreciate it!

By the way, I just wanted to let you all know about my visit to the vet. Couple of things happened. First, my baby has a bit of cataract (due to age) but it turns out the white spot that she has is due to ulcer. He has given us drops and he expects the ulcer is relatively small and should heal in 2-3 weeks. Hoping this happens.

Secondly, for the last day, my baby has been scratching herself so much...I noticed a large red patch of skin on her back. So went to petco and got sulphadene and applied it...but today I showed it to the vet..He gave a anti-itch spray and thinks it is allergy and asked me to apply wherever I saw it..when we carefully looked for red spots or patches, to our surprise, we saw them throughout the body..so, i applied it pretty much throughout the body...she didnt like it at all and was rubbing all our carpets and bedsheets etc...but now after few hours, her scratching has reduced quite a bit and is sleeping well tonight...yesterday night, she did not sleep pretty much and appeared restless and had me awake for long periods...I did not know that such skin infections can come within a day and make her this uncomfortable.

Anyways, now my aim is to stop her itching and then i will turn my attention to her eyes...i am hopeful her eye ulcer will heal...she was very active today , had a good bowel movement and everything..

[dottiesyrky]

Thank you for the update. Yes an eye ulcer is not pleasant for your baby, but thank goodness the cataract is minor and hopefully will not need treatment. Hope the drops clear up the eye issue soon.
The scratching does sound weird coming on so quickly and generally. It is good that you have a topical that eases her discomfort. Was she exposed to anything different before this happened? Allergies are hard to pin down and I hope she gets over them soon.

[MissSunni]

Thats good news that her eyes can be treated I'm sorry the news wasnt better, but it isnt the worst thank God. So far I dont have any experience with itching, so I have nothing to offer. Thank you for keeping us posted, and give her a little tummy rub from me.