Baxter's med thread
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If 'twere me I'd keep him on them, and ask your regular vet about them after she's had a chance to review your fax.
I suspect they've overlooked the fact he's still on them, but if he's tolerating them I'd keep them up just in case they are in fact helping, while still asking if they clinically need to be continued.
I suspect they've overlooked the fact he's still on them, but if he's tolerating them I'd keep them up just in case they are in fact helping, while still asking if they clinically need to be continued.
Hey, Talishan gave me a head's up. We did debride Pinball's eye and it seemed to make the eye heal. Our vet seemed to think that it was very similar to a condition that he saw in dogs. We also used an antibiotic ointment which helped the eye heal and kept it moist and that helped a ton.
Ok, that's what I figured! Thanks!
Any tips on putting ointment on his eye? He hated it! I can do drops because I don't have to touch his eye with the dropper, but man, the ointment does not go over well.
Thanks, Jennicat! This vet also mentioned the similarity to dogs she has treated.
Any tips on putting ointment on his eye? He hated it! I can do drops because I don't have to touch his eye with the dropper, but man, the ointment does not go over well.
Thanks, Jennicat! This vet also mentioned the similarity to dogs she has treated.
I think we finally have some progress. He is no longer on flurbiprofen, and even so the swelling seems to be down. Yesterday when he was arguing with me about whether he needed ointment on his eye he was able to close it completely in defiance. He still doesn't close it entirely on a regular basis, but the fact that he was able to do so at all is definitely something.
I forgot to ask about this before, but she had mentioned possibly using some type of glue on the surface of his eye if the ulcer doesn't heal up? I wish I could remember what she said exactly. She said she's done it on dogs, cats, and rabbits but no guinea pigs so far. She mentioned that in dogs she's also put contact lenses on them because that aids healing somehow, but that she can't do it on smaller animals because they wouldn't fit.
I forgot to ask about this before, but she had mentioned possibly using some type of glue on the surface of his eye if the ulcer doesn't heal up? I wish I could remember what she said exactly. She said she's done it on dogs, cats, and rabbits but no guinea pigs so far. She mentioned that in dogs she's also put contact lenses on them because that aids healing somehow, but that she can't do it on smaller animals because they wouldn't fit.