LoveMyBullyBoy
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So my boy has had cherry eye (removal) surgery on both eyes. He was just a few months old & the first surgery was to replace the gland. That lasted less than 2 days & it popped back out. So it was removed. Just a few months after that, he had the right one removed too. All this happened by the time he was just over a year old.
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He now has dry eye in his left eye, & I suspect it's becoming a problem in his right eye too. I put ointment in his eye twice a day. He has a lot of discharge in his left eye, and some in his right. Some days are worse than others. But it's generally always ON his eyeball, not just in the corner. I hate having to pry his eye open & wipe it off his eye b/c I don't want to irritate them. I try just wiping as it makes its way out of the corner, but that doesn't always work. He'll have a thick film of it covering most of his eye & I swear it will stay there all day! I do use artificial tears on him, & sometimes that helps loosen it, but not always. The Shih Tzu does lick his eyes, but he's just cleaning the goop that's on the outside. (Gross, I know, but he licks his ears out too, & keeps those pretty clean for me!)
Any suggestions on the best way to get it out? Tricks of the trade? Thanks!
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He now has dry eye in his left eye, & I suspect it's becoming a problem in his right eye too. I put ointment in his eye twice a day. He has a lot of discharge in his left eye, and some in his right. Some days are worse than others. But it's generally always ON his eyeball, not just in the corner. I hate having to pry his eye open & wipe it off his eye b/c I don't want to irritate them. I try just wiping as it makes its way out of the corner, but that doesn't always work. He'll have a thick film of it covering most of his eye & I swear it will stay there all day! I do use artificial tears on him, & sometimes that helps loosen it, but not always. The Shih Tzu does lick his eyes, but he's just cleaning the goop that's on the outside. (Gross, I know, but he licks his ears out too, & keeps those pretty clean for me!)
Any suggestions on the best way to get it out? Tricks of the trade? Thanks!