OK so, here is his story, he was badly abused and his eye was so infected he lost his vision. I adopted him and at the time of adoption he still had a touch of infection and was being treated. Now it appears he has dry eye (from what Ive read online.. he has tear stains down one side of his face only that are quite bad and sometimes develop an odor....) He has had it since I got him, but he was still being treated for an infection then too so maybe it was overlooked... can I use Visine True tears in his eye to see if it helps? I have used polysporin eye drops (as suggested by my vet)in his eye in case it is the beginning of another infection.... I think he may just have watery eyes so want to try Visine before taking him to the vet but want to know if it is safe.
Thanks
Kate
2006-10-31 09:24:43 · 2 answers · asked by Katie Z 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
You truly are a wonderful person for helping the little guy out the way you have. I don't think I'd try visine though, if his eye has been watering for more than a day there is probably some underlying problem that the visine isn't going to help... Certain types of eye problems can actually be made worse by visine- that is for humans, I have no idea what it would do to a dog. Since he only has one good eye left I'd be extra careful.
2006-10-31 09:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by Jason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your vet and explain the situation. He knows your dog better than any of us and would be more qualified to advise you what to do.
He may have something in his eye, or maybe an inverted eyelid.
I personally would not put anything in his eye without checking with his vet first, ESPECIALLY since he only has one good eye left! If you caused him to go blind in that eye you will feel extreme guilt.
PLEASE call your vet.
Oh...by the way, thanks for adopting a doggie, especially one with "problems" that would be harder to place.
2006-10-31 09:30:13 · answer #2 · answered by msnite1969 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋