Eye Injury . . .

[Ideation 8,216]

The dog took an impact to the eye last night. Came home and the whole eye was blood red. . .. thought he'd blinded himself.

 

Looks a lot better today. . . . although swollen and a bit weepy, and still a little glazed, you can see the pupil, iris etc. You can see a mark in the center where whatever it was hit the eye. . . .

 

I've bathed it in salt water and given him some marbofloxacin . . . .

 

Any suggestions / advice / experiance etc???

[Astanley 11,493]

I m no expert , it sounds like you,v done what can be done , good luck with it Naz .

[Blind Hawk 57]

Hi wouldnt use the salt water myself Get small tube of eye ointment across the counter in your local chemist only a couple of quid .As for bathing cooled boiled water .with a tea bag .......tea bag .,,,yes it works .Hope it comes ok

[riohog 5,645]

The dog took an impact to the eye last night. Came home and the whole eye was blood red. . .. thought he'd blinded himself.

 

Looks a lot better today. . . . although swollen and a bit weepy, and still a little glazed, you can see the pupil, iris etc. You can see a mark in the center where whatever it was hit the eye. . . .

 

I've bathed it in salt water and given him some marbofloxacin . . . .

 

Any suggestions / advice / experiance etc???

as daft as it may sound .." cold tea bags" on the eye

[Ideation 8,216]

Do I squeeze the tea bag into the eye? Or just put it over. Is it just for the swelling or for the eye damage itself? Cheers for the help all.

[riohog 5,645]

Do I squeeze the tea bag into the eye? Or just put it over. Is it just for the swelling or for the eye damage itself? Cheers for the help all.

just press it lightly on the outside of the eye it should take the swelling down

[twiggy 12]

Squeeze the tea bag out and put on the eye like women put cucumber on there's

[Ideation 8,216]

Ok. . . . done.

 

Any ideas for minimizing the damage to the actual eye?

[riohog 5,645]

Ok. . . . done.

 

Any ideas for minimizing the damage to the actual eye?

as long as there is nothing in the eye ie.. foreghn object.. try abit of " golden eye ointment ,", local chemist

[jayjay 264]

to be honest jai.....if I was you i'd get her checked out by the vet, my bitch took an eye injury a few weeks back on a night out lamping, she got spiked in the eye by a blackthorn or bramble when she crashed the hedge after a rabbit......I didn't notice it for a day or two after, when the eye started to go blue, I was gutted.... then you could see quite a large ulcer on her eye, so took her to the vets, and after about 8 trips back and fore, the vets, and a few courses of different treatments, she is nearly fully fixed. took her out last night for the first time since she done it,

hope it all works out for you,

 

all the best,

 

jay.

[albert64 1,882]

get some golden eye from the chemist jai........

 

or if your using the tea bag treatment, I hold the eye open and squeeze the bag into the eye

then wipe the eye over the bag......

[Bosun11 537]

A blow to the eye can be damned uncomfortable to any dog but its a blow, a bang, so usually no different to you gettin a shiner and unless there is damage to the socket, a fracture or break then you'll do just fine with a cold tea bag (hold the milk!) or the like. Sooth and comfort till the damage and pain subsides.

Rips tears and punctures to the eye are a different matter and should be taken a whole lot more serious. Its the vets as fast as you can get there... What cost your dogs sight?

[Ideation 8,216]

It seems like its ok now.

 

What worried me yesterday was that the whole eye was blood red. . . you couldnt see anything.

 

And you can see an impact mark on the centre of the eye ball. But he's lying on the rug chewing a bone. . . .