On Monday evening I noticed Jake’s left eye was looking puffy – and he had a big white blob of stuff leaking out. We cleaned it up, did the old tea bag trick, but as he was still looking a bit puffy-eyed this afternoon I took him to the vet. Scott checked there were no scratches or worse on the cornea with green eye drops some ophthalmic light beam. As Jake’s reaction to any eye or ear irritation is to try to wipe his head against my trousers there was a brief Benny Hill-style chase round the consulting room. Long story short – no damage to his cornea. Just some anti-inflammatory eye drops (oh joy) for the next few days.
Those green drops to reveal any cornea injury? They turned Jake’s saliva green. Most entertaining on the bus home. (Look at the Halloween Hound, kids…)
We’re expecting the brave little soldier will make a full recovery.
Pour puppy! Green saliva is quite a trick, though … he will confound lots of people!
Hi,Thanks for visiting our blog.I hope Jake’s eye is better soon, that sounds sore.
Oh poor Jake! Luckily it’s just a minor thing. It should get better fast!Butt wiggles,Solid Gold Dancer
Aw, thanks everyone. Pleased to report that Jake has made a full recovery and I am now very skilled at application of eye drops! You’ll be pleased to know I heeded the instructions on the packaging and made sure Jake wasn’t wearing soft contact lenses.