Bridgette I was about to reply very much in the same vain as Alison. I had a pup years ago that was treated very successfully with eye drops - don't ask me what they were it is so long ago and the memory ain't what it used to be !! VBG Probably antibiotics - anyway it settled and there was never a reoccurrence and in fact I showed her.
Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Bull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Cherry eye > Hi Bridgette, > > I have had first hand experience with this condition in one of my own dogs. > > I opted to use eye drops and not have surgery. This was very successful in > my dogs case. > > Is this puppy you sold still young and still growing? > > It is my belief that as the puppy grows sometimes the skin around the eyes > can be just a little loose, which can make it easier for germs and bacteria > to enter under the eyelids and cause some infection, which in turn, creates > swelling of the tear sack, and this is the red bulge you see exposed in the > corner of the eye. Eye drops can reduce the swelling and the eye goes back > to normal. But you must keep the eye moist whilst the eye drops do there > job. > > It is possible that once the puppy has fully developed this will not > reoccur. > > I hope this info has been of some help to you. > > kind regards > Alison Bull > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
