Watery eyes

[Fiona]

Hi

Jake has had constantly runny eye for the last few days. They aren't green and goopy just watery, it is like a constant stream running down his face. I have checked his eyelashes to make sure they aren't annoying him. He doesn't seem bothered and the eyes aren't red or inflamed.

Any one any ideas what could be causing it?
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[kirsty]

Maybe he just has a wee chill in it Fiona. Dodge sometimes gets a runny eye.

though both of mine are sporting conj. again despite the antibiotics.

[Fiona]

Its both eyes at the same time Kirsty, think I will pop up to the vet with him and see what they say.
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[Nicola]

Molly had one runny eye at one point a couple of years back. I tried everything including bathing her eye and checking it regularly. It was driving my mad as it was discolouring the hair under her eye, and it didn't look nice at all.

I took her to the vets who said it could be blocked tear ducts and that a procedure, which included a general anaesthetic, to unblock them may stop the running. The vet said there was about an 80% chance that the procedure would stop the running, so I decided to have it done.

Thankfully the procedure was a great success and he managed to unblock them fully. The vet was delighted and said that the running will now stop - which it did immediatly. No more runny eye, and eventually after a few days the hair under her eye started to lighten again and was soon as white as it should've been.

I think the operation was around £160 - the insurance covered it although obviously I had to pay the excess.

Not sure that's what the problem is with Jake but I thought i'd let you know about Molly's runny eye.

[Sheryl]

Maybe hes crying coz his shoulder is sore????

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[Nicola]

I should have added aswell that Molly's eye wasn't inflamed and didn't particularly look irritated, it's just the that liquid in her eye couldn't be drained through the tear ducts and so overspilled her eye and on to her face.

[Enid]

Many years ago Jodie had surgery to unblock a tear duct, and it was successful. However, it only affected one eye, and I would think possible but rather unlikely that 2 would be affected at the same time.

She now, however, has misaligned tear ducts, which means that her tears do not drain into either duct and run down her face. I have to clean the area under her eyes at least once daily. Her colouring is such that the staining is not particularly obvious. Surgery is available for this, but at her age, I am not inclined to have it done - the fewer anesthetics the better!
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[Fiona]

Took him to the vet tonight and she put dye in his eye. Now what should happen is within under 1 minute the green dye should run out of his nose. With Jake it took around 5 mins to run down. She seems to think its just his age and the fact he is growing so quickly that the tear ducks have yet to catch up. She called it growing in to his face

I have eye drops for him and he has to go back next Tuesday for both a leg check and eye check Wonder what else can go wrong before then
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[Nicola]

That's very interesting, Fiona! Obviously, their heads and faces do grow, but I had no idea this could affect tear ducts and things!! Hopefully as he grows it'll stop. Keep us posted.