Eye Injury - NEED URGENT ADVICE

saesms · 05-25-2008, 01:23 AM

My 11 Months old female, seems to have injured her eye while chasing a rodent,

A Small Rope hit her eye while she was chasing, I immediately checked her for blood there was none, its mignight now so i cant take her to the vet now,

i have an appointment early morning,

She opens her eyes but wants to keep it closes, she is active,

WHAT SHOULD BE DONE, I am extremely Tense, Extremely worried i just cant do any thing,, cant sleep

dobermandude · 05-25-2008, 03:20 AM

sorry i cant be of much help, but i accidentally hit my parents JRT in the eye while working on the deck. she loves to get right up close to whatever anyone is doing, and she got under a piece of lattice i was pulling off and it flipped back and hit her in the eye pretty damn hard. her eye was swollen and looked very scary to me, i was really worried i had blinded her in that eye! my parents decided to wait overnight to see, and she was fine within a day.

as long as you dont see blood or any visible damage to the eye its probably okay and a natural that she wants to keep it closed to let it heal. hope everything turns out ok!!

**avalonandon** · 05-25-2008, 03:21 AM

I dont know what to tell you other than try to relax. It sounds like a surface scratch and it may take some time to heal but probably not serious. Get your sleep if you can and let us know what happens at the vet.

Jon and Sebastian

rainddobes · 05-25-2008, 06:44 AM

I've had a few eye scratches and they really are painful.
My cat has also scratched Roxie's eye a while back.

You can wash with warm water until you get to the vet.
He will probably give you anitbiotic eye drops which had a slight pain killer in them.
She should be fine in a week or so.

saesms · 05-25-2008, 07:05 AM

we just came back from the vet, thank god everything turned good,

the vet said it was just on the eye and not on the retina or anyother part, he gave a pain relief injection and some eye drops,

she is doing fine now,

thanks for all the replies

DLS · 05-25-2008, 11:48 AM

Glad everything is OK with your girl saesms. I scratched my eye once and I had the same symptoms as your girl. A few days applying medicated eye drops and my eye healed up just fine.

**avalonandon** · 05-25-2008, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DLS

Glad everything is OK with your girl saesms. I scratched my eye once and I had the same symptoms as your girl. A few days applying medicated eye drops and my eye healed up just fine.

lol...the worst eye scratch of my life was inflicted upon me by Sebastian himself. He paw-swatted me, standing next to my bed, telling to get me to get up. Omg it hurt sooooo bad and took quite a while to heal.

DLS · 05-25-2008, 12:52 PM

avalonandon, all I can say is OUCH!

rainddobes · 05-25-2008, 07:32 PM

I'm glad to hear your girl is OK.

Roxie pawed me twice in my eye.
The first time I went to the Doctor and the second I self medicated.
I think she was trying to get her paws in my mouth.
What is silly girl.