eyes and their vicissitudes
July 18th, 2011 § 2 Comments
Took Slate to the vet today because she’s been having an on-and-off problem with red and itchy eyes. We’re not sure if it’s a bacterial infection or an allergy, but we suspect the latter.
We saw our regular vet, Paul, who couldn’t see anything wrong with them under fluroscein and who tested her tear production and said that was fine. So it could be bacterial or it could be an allergy. We have assumed the former for now and have some eye drops…
[...] Slate’s eyes are no better after a course of this anti-bacterial liquid the vet gave us. [...]
[...] Vera gel, will be enough. Poor Slate! I do think a lot of her various symptoms, from swollen, itchy eyes, to eczema, to digestive problems, might all be allergy-related. Once we’ve got her ok [...]