It's a well-known fact that Sasha has pigmentary keratitis (discoloration of her eye, which can lead to blindness). The early signs are excessive eye goobers and eye cloudiness. Which we recently discerned in the puppy. EXCLAMATION POINT!
Off to the vet we went. For a routine checkup for the blind pug (Sasha) and for the apparently-eventually-to-be blind pug (Deedee). Cleo came along for company and moral support.
Totally unfazed while waiting for the vet. Sasha, of course, was an angel throughout all the poking and prodding of her eyeballs.
Deedee required 2 strong assistants for just the preliminary measurements.
This one was to measure her tear production, but I call it The Hilarious Test. Note the mandatory use of at least 3 restraining hands.
The good news was that Sasha seems to be getting better on her regimen of eye ointment and drops. The bad news is that Deedee, indeed, seems to have the early form of the disease and needs to be on daily ointment. Which we all saw, she hated.
The puglets were exhausted after their ordeal.
oi deedee. such a squirmy one. it's good that you caught it early. what good pug parents.
ReplyDeletePoor Dee-Dee! My tia gets excesive eye goobers as well. Is this a test that any vet can do, or do you have to go to a special vet?
ReplyDeletePoor DD. She has her own strong will. Reminds me of her mom.
ReplyDeleteI think that any good vet should be able to do a preliminary checkup of tia's eyes, and decide whether or not to refer you to an eye vet for further testing. apparently it's a fairly common problem for pugs (ie not covered by insurance), due to their prominent eye folds.
ReplyDeleteI think we are going to go down this road with our little Leto (16 months old, rescued a month ago). Took him to the regular vet today, who ruled out a corneal abrasion or eye infection, and has put him on steroid ointment till we get to the eye guy next week. Our poor guy is a mess - cerebellar hypoplasia with ataxia, chronic sore paw bacause he's such a klutz, and now this. The vet said that it might be cheaper if we just move in to the clinic.
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