Meggs19
New member
Hello all,
I have posted a couple times about Tonka's bad environmental allergy issues and I honestly don't know what to do at this point to help him. I feel like I have reached a dead end. All of his allergies seem to be environmental--outdoor causes. Changing foods provided no allergy relief and no new symptoms either. We made no changes to anything we used/did indoors. He is 9 months old now and had no issues up until a couple months ago when they came on all of a sudden. I am thinking they started due to the early thaw in our weather and the beginnings of issues with pollens/molds etc.
He has very itchy eyes/face. He never itches his paws or anywhere else, just the eyes for the most part. He also sneezes and has a runny nose sometimes too. A lot like human symptoms in fact! He will itch is face until it's pink and raw/bleeding a little around the eyes/nose rope or very pink. The biggest issue is that he keeps scratching his cornea accidentally. Today is the FOURTH time he has scratched inside his eye accidentally because they itch so bad. We have an antibiotic that we put in his eye for a few days when he does this that our vet gave us after the first time he did this.
We have tried THREE different allergy meds thus far. He was on a prescription antihistamine from the vet, then benadryl, and now he is on 3 zyrtec per day plus a fish oil (1000 mg.) supplement that our vet said can help with the immune system boost. He still scratched his eye today though despite this treatment. I am very afraid he will cause permanent damage one day or cause scar tissue to build up. Plus, the poor little guy is so itchy and miserable. He tries to rub his eyes on the carpet and grass outside sometimes.
Does anyone have any suggestions for what I might do next? Do they make eye drops for relief from itchy eyes or is there another allergy med. that you have had success with? I guess I could go back to our vet and try a new one. Should I maybe try a new vet to get another opinion? I feel helpless!! I am open to any suggestions! Thanks!
I have posted a couple times about Tonka's bad environmental allergy issues and I honestly don't know what to do at this point to help him. I feel like I have reached a dead end. All of his allergies seem to be environmental--outdoor causes. Changing foods provided no allergy relief and no new symptoms either. We made no changes to anything we used/did indoors. He is 9 months old now and had no issues up until a couple months ago when they came on all of a sudden. I am thinking they started due to the early thaw in our weather and the beginnings of issues with pollens/molds etc.
He has very itchy eyes/face. He never itches his paws or anywhere else, just the eyes for the most part. He also sneezes and has a runny nose sometimes too. A lot like human symptoms in fact! He will itch is face until it's pink and raw/bleeding a little around the eyes/nose rope or very pink. The biggest issue is that he keeps scratching his cornea accidentally. Today is the FOURTH time he has scratched inside his eye accidentally because they itch so bad. We have an antibiotic that we put in his eye for a few days when he does this that our vet gave us after the first time he did this.
We have tried THREE different allergy meds thus far. He was on a prescription antihistamine from the vet, then benadryl, and now he is on 3 zyrtec per day plus a fish oil (1000 mg.) supplement that our vet said can help with the immune system boost. He still scratched his eye today though despite this treatment. I am very afraid he will cause permanent damage one day or cause scar tissue to build up. Plus, the poor little guy is so itchy and miserable. He tries to rub his eyes on the carpet and grass outside sometimes.
Does anyone have any suggestions for what I might do next? Do they make eye drops for relief from itchy eyes or is there another allergy med. that you have had success with? I guess I could go back to our vet and try a new one. Should I maybe try a new vet to get another opinion? I feel helpless!! I am open to any suggestions! Thanks!