Hair Scratching Eyes
When the vet examined his eyes he said they were blood shot and suggested that I trim the fur around the eyes as the fur was likely irritating his eyes. Tying his fur back does not get the small hairs. He said that he had seen a dog recently who's eyes were so scratched that he referred it to a vet who would operate on the eyes - scrape the surface of the eye (I think). Has anyone else heard of this, or experienced it? Monty gets neutered tomorrow  |
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| Nope, never heard of that. (the eye scratching from their own hair). There is entropian, where the eyelashes roll in and cause damage, but never heard of, nor had with my own dogs, any eye issues from not trimming around the eyes. I would really suspect his bloodshot eyes are from something else. (sorry about that - sounds painful.  How long have they been that way?) |
| Not on a dog, however, I have owned 2 cats who were born without eyelids. The first one was missing both eyelids, and the foster mom kept the fur around his eyes trimmed very, very short at the advice of her vet. When we adopted him, we had continuous problems with his eyes getting scratched, and had all kinds of eye drops to combat it. I finally just let the fur grow out, and once it got near it's normal length, his eye issues went away. No more irritation, no more infection, no more watery, gunky eyes. For him, the short, stubby fur was much more irritating than the long, softer fur. (Think razor stubble rough.) When we adopted a second one with the same problem, we just left it alone and she never had any problems. (We got her as a kitten, and she was only missing one eyelid.) I don't know if this helps, but good luck!  |
| Yeah I am concerned about trimming the hair, I keep his coat long. I hadn't noticed the blood shot eyes, only when he mentioned it. Looks like a few small red vein lines in the whites of the eyes like when you are tired. It doesn't bother him. Can you check your all dogs to see if they have the same thing, want to know if it is exclusive to Monty. |
MontyQs wrote: Yeah I am concerned about trimming the hair, I keep his coat long. I hadn't noticed the blood shot eyes, only when he mentioned it. Looks like a few small red vein lines in the whites of the eyes like when you are tired. It doesn't bother him. Can you check your all dogs to see if they have the same thing, want to know if it is exclusive to Monty. OK, I checked the 5 dogs right by me, and they all have little red veins in the whites of their eyes. I looked above and below the iris's. One OES who just got a haircut last Monday after done showing at Nationals, and has short hair about 1 inch long all over.(6 yrs old) One OES in full coat. (11.5 months old) One basset hound (14.5 yrs) One miniature pinscher (13 yrs) One rat terrier (7 yrs) ALL have red veins present and I'm guessing are this way all the time. No distress what so ever in any of them. I tried the cat too, but he wasn't thrilled...I let it slide  My feeling is 1) your vet is not very good or 2) he/she is trying to drum up more business and is unscrupulous. Either way, I would be looking for a new vet. |
| Okay, I probably won't trim. The vet wasn't trying to selling me anything to treat it, so maybe he was being precautionary because of the other dog who had a big problem. So far I like the vet as he doesn't over charge and is open minded to feeding raw. I would have liked to see you check the cat's eyes  |
| Sprocket has very thick hair around his eyes and on one he has hair right in the corner-nose end- where the "muck" would collect. I have eye wipes that I use everyday and this seems to help. He gets very mucky eyes and has done since a tiny pup. He ends up with a dark stain on the nose side of both eyes. He is due for a vet visit soonish for yearly check,weigh and worming so will ask about it. We have never had this before.x |
| More likely caused by dust or pollen that their own hair unless washed a lot and soap residue is the issue. I daily pick the eye-bogeys off Archie, his tear ducts obviously work well in keeping his eyes clean, flushing out the crud from his sticking his head into all sorts! |
| We constantly have to work hair out of Mulligan's eyes. We carefully hold open the eye and draw a finger from the nose-side corner of the eye towards the nose, and do the same on the other corner of the eye (of course drawing the finger away from the eye). The hair is covered in gunk. It's usually collecting under the lids and all the way across the eyeball. Sometimes it takes a couple of passes to coax that hair out of the eye; if it does we close the lids for a moment to reduce any drying discomfort from holding the lids open. We're talking just a couple of seconds at a time, we really can do it pretty quickly and carefully at this point. We do that in both eyes, probably averages twice a day. It brings lots of hairs out when his hair is longer but anytime when his head is not completely shaved. |
| Thank you for that.As hadn't had hair in eyes before I wasn't sure if it was ok or not-nice to know others have the same problem. If I am quick enough Sprox doesnt mind and he likes to inspect and sniff whatever comes out of his eyes.x |
| Depends on where the little clowns put there heads as you know they like investigating |
| I have heard of blindness resulting from hair in the eyes but not in an OES. My brother was on a waiting list for a small dog rescue and after months of waiting ended up adopting a shih tzu who was blind. Aparently a significant portion of the small dogs that they rescue have vision issues. There are certain breeds more prone to this than others. The previous owner had not kept the hair out of the little guys eyes and did not keep up with vet care. At 3 years old he was 100% blind. They may have to get his eyes removed because they have constant issues despite constant care. This is apparently a big problem in dogs with bulging eyes but our vet said as long as we keep his hair back and check his eyes often he hasn't seen an issue with OES. Although sometimes its is better to be safe than sorry! I love my brothers dog but a blind dog is a very high needs animal who is not right for everyone. I have started pulling up the hair on Leonard's nose too because I find the hair on his nose in front of his eyes ends up in his eyes a lot. |
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