Julian - 5 days old - inverted eye lashes

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Josephine
Little Jo Wheek

Post   » Sat Dec 11, 2004 11:25 pm


Oh poor guy. He's so cute! His right eye is one of the worst I've seen. It only looks like one lid is affected in each eye, which is better than both. I don't know that he'll grow out of it.

Definitely continue the BNP. If his eyes look like that, I'd strongly suspect corneal breach. Secondary infection would make matters only worse.

dribble

Post   » Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:51 am


Geez Evangeline. Your memory is unbelievable!

I dug up my paperwork on Lily. She was 10 months old when I realized she was squinting a lot in one eye and it was cloudy and red.

The regular vet stained it and saw abrasions so they sent me to an ophthalmologist.

In November 2001 she had a "temporary tack" and we used neomycin-polymixin-dexamethasone and "ophthalmic solution." I can't remember what it was, probably artificial tears.

I'm having trouble remembering exactly why we didn't do entropion surgery at that time -- probably because it was more invasive. I do remember seeing the little stitch in her lid -- the temporary tack. It did not bother her at all.

But it didn't hold the lid in place either. In January 2002 she had unilateral entropion surgery. She has been fine since. The affected lower lid appears droopy because it hangs farther away from her eye, but her eye itself has looked normal since the surgery. The entropion abrasion didn't cause any blindness.

It cost $157 for the temporary tack and $180 for the entropion surgery, so I should have just gotten the full surgery at the outset.

dribble

Post   » Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:53 am


Cute piddy, by the way. Love the little feet.

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lisam

Post   » Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:12 am


When one of my miniature horses was born with this problem, my vet tacked it up with superglue.

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Sun Dec 12, 2004 12:26 pm


Well, at least he didn't use duct tape. :-)

Erin8607
Knee Deep

Post   » Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:23 pm


Julian had his eye stained today, he's got some surface abraisions. Nothing too bad, but definatly not good. He's got an appointment on Thursday afternoon with a specialist to see where to go from here. His right eye looks as if it's improved mildly with BNP, but it's still cloudy.

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cacosta

Post   » Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:05 pm


Sending healing vibes to Julian's eyes. Poor little guy.

Erin8607
Knee Deep

Post   » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:45 pm


I've run into a little problem. I seperated Shelly with Julian all day yesterday and half the day today while Veeta managed her other two babies along with her own 4. Today, I put Shelly's other two back with her and she's not letting them nurst and is biting them when they try. Should I put them back with Veeta? I'm worried that V's 4 will not let them get enough, there is almost a week age difference between Veeta's and Shelly's pups. Shelly's two are eating and drinking on their own, but they are just 8 days old now.

kleenmama
I GAVE, dammit!

Post   » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:14 am


Has she accepted them yet? Sometimes it takes a day or two. Try rubbing the babies all over Mom. As silly as it sounds, sometimes she smells a familiar smell and it helps. Hopefully by this morning all is well. If Mom didn't have any babies for more than a day, her milk has started to diminish also, I would imagine.

Erin8607
Knee Deep

Post   » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:14 pm


She has taken them back.

She wasn't without pups totally, I had her with Julian alone.

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snowflakey
E's Moriarity

Post   » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:39 pm


Hooray! How's little Julian doing today?

Erin8607
Knee Deep

Post   » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:43 pm


The same. Tomorrow is his appointment, I hope something can be done for him quickly.

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