On Monday, we noticed Tommy was rubbing his eye more than normal with his paw and that there was 'sleep' on it. I cleaned his eye with water, but within an hour the 'sleep' had returned...a vet visit I feel...
Booked him in for earlier today. I was dreading it after the Silver Award which we don't talk about but tried to put that to the back of my mind - calm assertive behaviour otherwise it will go down the lead.
It wasn't Mr Gilmore who saw him which was a bit of a shame. Tommy skulked round the examination room but I put him on the table once I'd explained what was wrong.
The vet put some drops in his eye and looked through an ultra violet light. I was holding Tommy's head. There were no scratches or anything so the vet thought he'd probably just caught his eye when running through the long grass.
The vet put a treat on the table which Tommy ate. And then I realised the examination was over! Tommy hadn't freaked at the vet! I was so pleased...
The vet also mentioned that next time I could bathe the eye in tea (no milk or sugar) for 24-48 hours and that might clear it up without having to use drops or pay for the examination fee! I never knew that tea could do that! One to remember I think.
Yes, cold black tea is good, or I always have a dropper of (human) Brolene eyedrops in stock for the same sort of situation.
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