I expected him to run off afterwards and hide behind his pal but he jumped back onto the scales himself, keen to show Hamish how it should be done.
How come I weighed 3/4 more a moment ago?
Hamish, had managed to pick up an eye infection. We arranged to pick up some anti-biotic eye drops from the vet and began a course of treatment. After a few days this was slowing the progression of the infection but not really getting on top of it.
We irrigated the eye with some saline, well ok, a Sainsbury's eye wash! - (Great squeezy bottle with a directional jet allows you to aim where you need it). We saw the end of a bit of grass or hay but failed to get hold of it and it disappeared under his bottom lid not to be seen again. So the vet was called.
The grass was showing a by a millimetre or so and Chris the vet was able to get a hold of it with his finger nails and pulled. It was 3-4cm long with a decidedly yucky bit at the end ! I'll spare you the picture! Chris added some stain to the eye so we could see any injury and indeed there was some ulceration where the grass had been. Also there was no sign of the stain flowing through his tear duct so we attempted to flush this with a small flexible soft end on a syringe loaded with sterile water. Not really sure that worked. We continued the drops for a couple of days but they were now causing irritation so were discontinued. The eye was perfectly dry the next morning and we have seen no sign since.
Dry Eyed Hamish
Had a good laugh at how you weighed Dougal - we do the same :) Poor Hamish, glad you (Vet) were finally able to get the grass out - Hamish looks like he is smiling (his eye is obviously feeling better!). :) Lisa
ReplyDeleteHamish is a real cutie! Glad you managed to sort out his eye problem without any lasting damage.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear of a successful treatment, and we all learn a bit from others' troubles. By the way, I've changed my blog to be based via. the web-site, and I note your Blog list has a very old posting of mine.
ReplyDeleteAhh, I always launch other blogs from the side bar and had missed a load of your updates. All done now. I have removed and re-added you so it should be fixed now.
DeleteGrass seeds can be nasty, glad you have it sorted.
ReplyDeleteGlad Hamish is OK now - he's a lovely looking boy. Shirley & Robbie
ReplyDeleteGlad Hamish is ok after his eye ordeal ....he looks a lovely quiet boy who likes to keep an eye on his figure ....Jayne
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