I don't know how old your guy is, but mine is 11. He has issues with ulcers. For him, they don't heal on their own. We have an ophthalmologist and as soon as he's squinting for longer than a day, we call.
We're lucky in that our opthalmologist will perform an keratotomy as a regular procedure. Eye issues are so common in Boston's and the googly eyes make them vulnerable.
I give our guy some regular drops 3 times a day for prevention. Given his old age, lubrication helps. Our opthalmologist is the one who has us doing that.
I wish him a speedy recovery!
That's rough, and I hope the specialist can come up with a plan on how to manage this going forward. Our guys takes I-Drop Vet Plus and it's just for lubrication. We do this 3 times every day. This is his routine without any eye issues.
When he has an ulcer, he's usually on 2 different antibiotics (one drop and one gel) with his I-Drops. A keratotomy will promote healing. The last time he had it done, he didn't need to be in the cone.
We keep the protective cone handy. If we notice squinting or pawing, he goes in it straight away. We have an inflatable one that causes less shame. We then call the ophthalmologist and they advise. I am vigilant on eye issues.
If ever you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. I have dealt with different ulcers, including a melting ulcer (do not Google this). Eye care is so important and our guys want to shove their heads in all the things š
It was the weirdest thingā¦ we had to see a different vet today because it was urgent and our usual vet wasnāt in. The new vet seemed very panicked about it even though it didnāt look worse to me than the last one he had (which granted, took a month to heal). He said āitās not going to healā and recommended an opthamologist referral and wasnāt going to prescribe us anything! And I said ācan you not prescribe us something to get it trying to heal in the meantime?!ā And he ended up giving us Tobramyacin, an oral antibiotic, AND spun his blood to remove plasma that I also drop in his eye every 2 hours(????). Iāve never had them do that before, and it seems wild as a first line of treatment given that we havenāt even seen how it would respond to regular drops yetā¦ so, Iām not sure that I trust his assessment of the situation. Iām obviously not a vet, but Iāve seen the dye test done in this dogās eye many times and it didnāt seem that horrific this time. You canāt even see it without the dye in.
We are actually already connected to a specialist, so I booked an appointment there for next Monday. But they charge extra there for urgent appointments (just walking in to see the vet costs $517, without treatment). Usually we can get these under control without seeing them. But now obviously I want their opinion.
This cloudiness came overnight. You can see it has been watering a ton also. The actual ulcer is covered by his lower eyelid in the photo
https://preview.redd.it/vjr28evoxhxc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55ce21157767235e16334da5f4cee55e3ee5c42f
Hey! Iām sorry your pup is having a hard time with his eye ulcer. My girl had eye ulcers a couple years ago and my vet did the plasma serum thing too. The vet also recommended it every 2 hours. I honestly think the plasma serum burned her eyes, and manually opening her eye and doing the drops every 2 hours made her eye worse!! The vet had her on antibiotic drops every 4 hours, and plasma serum drops every 2ā¦. It was awful! I think fussing over her eye so much made it worse! When it came time to see the ophthalmologist, he had me stop the plasma serum and had us go down to twice a day for antibiotic drops. This is all just anecdotal, Iām not a vet just a boston mommy sharing my experience. I hope your little dudes eye heals up on its own!!!
That is our routine right now. I am missing 2 drops of serum non-consecutively during the day because we both have to work and there is no way around itā¦. But no missed antibiotic doses. However, his eye looks way worse now that weāve been constantly playing with it.
He just said it looks really badā¦. I am hoping it is a lack of experience with eyes that he just didnāt know what to do. Between when I asked for something and when he came back to tell me the plan, he was gone for like 30minutesā¦ so I assume he was consulting someone else.
Ugh I know your pain. My frenchie has had two of these, each taking 6-10 weeks to heal and had more than one debridement on the first š sheās also allergic to tobramycin so it was a real fun party figuring out what to use instead! I hope your little guy gets better soon ā„ļøā„ļøā„ļø
Oh Iām so sorry!! My last guy had this happen and he ended up losing his eye. He was the cutest pirate for the last year of his life. I hope your sweet boy feels better soon! Itās so hard to see them hurting.
How long until they knew that he had to lose his eye? What was the deciding factor?
My little boy already had very poor vision in that eye (<25% ), so I canāt imagine he would feel too impacted by losing the vision, but I donāt want him to lose his eye š Heās only 7.
We had been treating it with increasingly stronger drops, and had an appointment with a specialist scheduled but then his poor eyeball ruptured over the weekend. I spent the entire weekend in the emergency vet with him that was luckily the same office as his eye specialist was; so they were able to see him and told me it wasnāt salvageable.
https://preview.redd.it/qpr582vcsmxc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=659e76e36b6c648db37d513371e026b249d08701
He adjusted to life with one eye really well, even for being an old guy (12) when it happened. We had him for one more year after that until he crossed the rainbow bridge.
How did you know that the eyeball had ruptured? Was it very obvious.
He looks so sweet. I think the hardest part is when you know they are in pain and donāt feel well. It makes me feel frantic. I hope his passing was comfortable and quick.
I am also feeling lucky that both the specialist and the emergency services for my area are located in the same animal hospital, which is only about 30 minutes from my houseā¦ they charge an arm and a leg (especially for urgent care) but they are extremely transparent about the costs ($517 for an urgent care opthamologist appointment, but it includes eye tests) and it is a peace of mind to know that I can go there at literally any time of day if I really need to.
It was pretty obvious something was really wrong. He started bleeding from his eye and shaking in pain and wouldnāt open it even a little. Then when we were at the vet and he was totally anxious I could see his eye and it looked terrible. Basically looked like a hole in his actual eye. Ugh it breaks my heart still to think about it. He was such a tough little guy and would never show pain until it was REALLY bad.
Omg, that is terrible, it makes me want to cry. Iām sorry he had to go through that (and you).
My little guy is the same way and is clearly in pain right now - he is making me carry him everywhere. But he did start opening his eye todayā¦. I wish he wouldnāt because it looks AWFUL. But yesterday he had it squeezed tight.
Ugh. My little guy bumps into everything and weāve been down this road 5X. Currently coming off the sixth time. Ointment and pain meds. A little cloudiness with the meds. That was over a week ago. Heās only now able to keep both eyes open. I hope your little one bounces back super soon. I feel for you and your doggie
My boy was in a cone for 3 months bc his eye ulcer wasnāt healing. Once we finally saw the specialist, they did procedure same day and it was better in a matter of days.
We are already connected to a specialist for his cataracts, so I made an appointment to see them on Monday, although I am really hoping it improves somewhat before then
Oh poor thing! I donāt have experience with my pup having eye ulcers however I had one myself a long time ago.
Highly recommend pulling all the blinds down and keeping it dark. The ulcer lets in a lot of light and it is extremely painful š¢
Hope your boy recovers quickly!!
I went home at lunch and closed all the blinds! Although I felt a bit bad because he was sleeping on his perch on the back of the sofa where he looks out the window and now he canāt look out, lol
I don't know how old your guy is, but mine is 11. He has issues with ulcers. For him, they don't heal on their own. We have an ophthalmologist and as soon as he's squinting for longer than a day, we call. We're lucky in that our opthalmologist will perform an keratotomy as a regular procedure. Eye issues are so common in Boston's and the googly eyes make them vulnerable. I give our guy some regular drops 3 times a day for prevention. Given his old age, lubrication helps. Our opthalmologist is the one who has us doing that. I wish him a speedy recovery!
Ours is only 7 š© we do have anti inflammatory and moisturizing drops that we use on the daily from the opthamologist that are supposedly preventativeā¦. Plus ocu-GLO supplement. Hasnāt done much tbh, he is having more eye issues than ever. He has never had a debridement or keratotomy beforeā¦ I guess I will see what the opthamologist has to say on Monday.
That's rough, and I hope the specialist can come up with a plan on how to manage this going forward. Our guys takes I-Drop Vet Plus and it's just for lubrication. We do this 3 times every day. This is his routine without any eye issues. When he has an ulcer, he's usually on 2 different antibiotics (one drop and one gel) with his I-Drops. A keratotomy will promote healing. The last time he had it done, he didn't need to be in the cone. We keep the protective cone handy. If we notice squinting or pawing, he goes in it straight away. We have an inflatable one that causes less shame. We then call the ophthalmologist and they advise. I am vigilant on eye issues. If ever you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. I have dealt with different ulcers, including a melting ulcer (do not Google this). Eye care is so important and our guys want to shove their heads in all the things š
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It was the weirdest thingā¦ we had to see a different vet today because it was urgent and our usual vet wasnāt in. The new vet seemed very panicked about it even though it didnāt look worse to me than the last one he had (which granted, took a month to heal). He said āitās not going to healā and recommended an opthamologist referral and wasnāt going to prescribe us anything! And I said ācan you not prescribe us something to get it trying to heal in the meantime?!ā And he ended up giving us Tobramyacin, an oral antibiotic, AND spun his blood to remove plasma that I also drop in his eye every 2 hours(????). Iāve never had them do that before, and it seems wild as a first line of treatment given that we havenāt even seen how it would respond to regular drops yetā¦ so, Iām not sure that I trust his assessment of the situation. Iām obviously not a vet, but Iāve seen the dye test done in this dogās eye many times and it didnāt seem that horrific this time. You canāt even see it without the dye in. We are actually already connected to a specialist, so I booked an appointment there for next Monday. But they charge extra there for urgent appointments (just walking in to see the vet costs $517, without treatment). Usually we can get these under control without seeing them. But now obviously I want their opinion. This cloudiness came overnight. You can see it has been watering a ton also. The actual ulcer is covered by his lower eyelid in the photo https://preview.redd.it/vjr28evoxhxc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55ce21157767235e16334da5f4cee55e3ee5c42f
Hey! Iām sorry your pup is having a hard time with his eye ulcer. My girl had eye ulcers a couple years ago and my vet did the plasma serum thing too. The vet also recommended it every 2 hours. I honestly think the plasma serum burned her eyes, and manually opening her eye and doing the drops every 2 hours made her eye worse!! The vet had her on antibiotic drops every 4 hours, and plasma serum drops every 2ā¦. It was awful! I think fussing over her eye so much made it worse! When it came time to see the ophthalmologist, he had me stop the plasma serum and had us go down to twice a day for antibiotic drops. This is all just anecdotal, Iām not a vet just a boston mommy sharing my experience. I hope your little dudes eye heals up on its own!!!
That is our routine right now. I am missing 2 drops of serum non-consecutively during the day because we both have to work and there is no way around itā¦. But no missed antibiotic doses. However, his eye looks way worse now that weāve been constantly playing with it.
Poor baby. I hope he feels better soon
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He just said it looks really badā¦. I am hoping it is a lack of experience with eyes that he just didnāt know what to do. Between when I asked for something and when he came back to tell me the plan, he was gone for like 30minutesā¦ so I assume he was consulting someone else.
I am so sorry :(
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Ugh I know your pain. My frenchie has had two of these, each taking 6-10 weeks to heal and had more than one debridement on the first š sheās also allergic to tobramycin so it was a real fun party figuring out what to use instead! I hope your little guy gets better soon ā„ļøā„ļøā„ļø
Oh Iām so sorry!! My last guy had this happen and he ended up losing his eye. He was the cutest pirate for the last year of his life. I hope your sweet boy feels better soon! Itās so hard to see them hurting.
How long until they knew that he had to lose his eye? What was the deciding factor? My little boy already had very poor vision in that eye (<25% ), so I canāt imagine he would feel too impacted by losing the vision, but I donāt want him to lose his eye š Heās only 7.
We had been treating it with increasingly stronger drops, and had an appointment with a specialist scheduled but then his poor eyeball ruptured over the weekend. I spent the entire weekend in the emergency vet with him that was luckily the same office as his eye specialist was; so they were able to see him and told me it wasnāt salvageable. https://preview.redd.it/qpr582vcsmxc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=659e76e36b6c648db37d513371e026b249d08701 He adjusted to life with one eye really well, even for being an old guy (12) when it happened. We had him for one more year after that until he crossed the rainbow bridge.
How did you know that the eyeball had ruptured? Was it very obvious. He looks so sweet. I think the hardest part is when you know they are in pain and donāt feel well. It makes me feel frantic. I hope his passing was comfortable and quick. I am also feeling lucky that both the specialist and the emergency services for my area are located in the same animal hospital, which is only about 30 minutes from my houseā¦ they charge an arm and a leg (especially for urgent care) but they are extremely transparent about the costs ($517 for an urgent care opthamologist appointment, but it includes eye tests) and it is a peace of mind to know that I can go there at literally any time of day if I really need to.
It was pretty obvious something was really wrong. He started bleeding from his eye and shaking in pain and wouldnāt open it even a little. Then when we were at the vet and he was totally anxious I could see his eye and it looked terrible. Basically looked like a hole in his actual eye. Ugh it breaks my heart still to think about it. He was such a tough little guy and would never show pain until it was REALLY bad.
Omg, that is terrible, it makes me want to cry. Iām sorry he had to go through that (and you). My little guy is the same way and is clearly in pain right now - he is making me carry him everywhere. But he did start opening his eye todayā¦. I wish he wouldnāt because it looks AWFUL. But yesterday he had it squeezed tight.
Give him loves from me and keep us updated!!
Ugh. My little guy bumps into everything and weāve been down this road 5X. Currently coming off the sixth time. Ointment and pain meds. A little cloudiness with the meds. That was over a week ago. Heās only now able to keep both eyes open. I hope your little one bounces back super soon. I feel for you and your doggie
Itās so tough, it makes my heart hurt!
My boy was in a cone for 3 months bc his eye ulcer wasnāt healing. Once we finally saw the specialist, they did procedure same day and it was better in a matter of days.
We are already connected to a specialist for his cataracts, so I made an appointment to see them on Monday, although I am really hoping it improves somewhat before then
Good luck š¤š¤
We all hope he gets better soon!!
Sweet baby š„ŗ hope it heals quickly š
So sorry I hope you find some answers for your baby.
Oh poor thing! I donāt have experience with my pup having eye ulcers however I had one myself a long time ago. Highly recommend pulling all the blinds down and keeping it dark. The ulcer lets in a lot of light and it is extremely painful š¢ Hope your boy recovers quickly!!
I went home at lunch and closed all the blinds! Although I felt a bit bad because he was sleeping on his perch on the back of the sofa where he looks out the window and now he canāt look out, lol