Meggs19
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I'm having an issue with Tonka's eyes I was hoping someone could help me with. I have posted before that he has trouble with watery eyes. He has wet wrinkles on his face in the two main wrinkles--not his nose rope--and some tear stains but that's all I have noticed so far. I really didn't think it was a food allergy since he had no other bumps or symptoms like that and his stools are solid and normal.
Then the other day I noticed what looked like a little cut on the outside corner of his eye. It was immediately outside the eye in the fur and not inside it. It was a little pink raw spot or something and I thought maybe he scratched himself. So tonight I noticed he now has it on the outside of the other eye, only that spot is a little bit bigger. It's pink and raw and still small but bigger than on the other side. I didn't notice it earlier tonight and I am thinking it was there after I saw him scratching that part of his face with his paw right before I went to clean his face and noticed it.
Any idea why this is happening all of a sudden? He is 7.5 months old now and on Natural Balance Sweet Potato and Fish for food. Is it the tears that might be causing irritation if they drip to the outside part of the eye? If it is something that is itching him then is he just scratching it hard enough that the fur is coming off there? I don't know if he scratched it raw or if something else like the tears caused that although the scratching seems likely to have done that.Not sure why he would be doing this now or why it's only in those two little spots outside the eyes. I have not noticed any spots like this elsewhere on him. Is it yeast doing this perhaps?
I clean his face with baby wipes every day. I put a dab of neosporin on each little cut/raw spot...not sure what else to do or what's going on? I mean he itches his ears and paws/face occasionally but I have never see anything exessive or seen him be particularly itchy.
Has anyone had this happen or can anyone help?
Thanks!
Then the other day I noticed what looked like a little cut on the outside corner of his eye. It was immediately outside the eye in the fur and not inside it. It was a little pink raw spot or something and I thought maybe he scratched himself. So tonight I noticed he now has it on the outside of the other eye, only that spot is a little bit bigger. It's pink and raw and still small but bigger than on the other side. I didn't notice it earlier tonight and I am thinking it was there after I saw him scratching that part of his face with his paw right before I went to clean his face and noticed it.
Any idea why this is happening all of a sudden? He is 7.5 months old now and on Natural Balance Sweet Potato and Fish for food. Is it the tears that might be causing irritation if they drip to the outside part of the eye? If it is something that is itching him then is he just scratching it hard enough that the fur is coming off there? I don't know if he scratched it raw or if something else like the tears caused that although the scratching seems likely to have done that.Not sure why he would be doing this now or why it's only in those two little spots outside the eyes. I have not noticed any spots like this elsewhere on him. Is it yeast doing this perhaps?
I clean his face with baby wipes every day. I put a dab of neosporin on each little cut/raw spot...not sure what else to do or what's going on? I mean he itches his ears and paws/face occasionally but I have never see anything exessive or seen him be particularly itchy.
Has anyone had this happen or can anyone help?
Thanks!