Puppy with cherry eye?

[RockysMom]

I woke up this morning to find that my puppy who is 17 weeks old may have cherry eye, it looks just like it, except not as red, more pink then anything. I called the vet and he has an appt for Saturday, they said since the eye is not running and there is no discharge of any kind that it was safe to wait a couple days. Does anyone have any experience with this. I was thinking maybe he ran into something or scratched it, but when we went to bed last night it was fine and he wake up and there it is, and he didn't get off the bed last night, because he layed on my legs so I would have known. We did find out this past Saturday he has allergies, inculding one to beef, so we already completely cut that out of his diet and started him on childrens benadryl, maybe just his allergies are acting up? If it is cherry eye does anyone know what the cost would be to have it removed? It looks itchy and painful, but he doesn't even seem to notice it's there.

[Greycloud]

Iwas going to say allergies possible, but you state he is not itchiing. Of course just because it isn't itching doesn't meen it still could not be a reaction to an allergy, esp. at this time of year. However, it does sound like a cherry eye. What type of puppy is he? This is very common in cockers, shih tzus, droopy eyed dog breeds and short muzzle breeds such as pugs. My cocker mix had developed it and we had it removed. Now that was many yrs ago and cost about $350. It can become rather uncomfortable. Sometimes one it appears in one eye it then comes up in the other. Let us know how it goes at the vets.

[hollyhawkz]

Here is a pic of cherry eye. It is not likely that cherry eye would develop over night!

If he is on benadryl and it is allergies, he wouldn't be itching anyway.

Keep us posted and let us know how he is!

[FloorCandy]

Cherry eye can absolutely pop up out of nowhere. If your vet recommends surgery to remove the gland or duct or whatever it is technically, get a second opinion, as this can often be resolved by tacking it in place and only local anesthesia. It is very common in English Bulldogs, and although mine has never had it, I have a friend who's dog got it in both eyes at different times, and she just woke up and it was there each time. It often does not cause the dog much if any discomfort, but it should be fixed to prevent further issues down the line. She had the gland removed in both eyes and now has to put drops in his eyes several times a day. This is not a forum buddy, this is a friend in real life and I have seen it myself so it is not heresay I saw her dog the day or 2 before (perfectly normal eye), and then she told me he was having surgery. I do have several acquaintances on bulldog forums who have had it tacked and they do not have to give drops, most vets who specialize in bulldogs will tack it first because anesthesia is so dangerous for EBs and only do surgery if it is totally necessary. I have even heard people say they have massaged it back into place, but I have no idea how that is done. Good luck and keep us posted.

[RockysMom]

The pic that holly posted looks just like it, just not as red. He is a Boston Terrier so he does have a short muzzle.

[Emmilyy]

A few of my english bulldogs have had it - it looked so painful.. I was young, but i remember they vets always did something to remove it..

[RockysMom]

ok, so now we are going to the vet today! He has started to scratch at it and cry, and he trys to rub his face on the floor. It looks painful, so we are going today!

[EmilyGrace]

My sister's rat terrier had a cherry eye. The vet fixed it for $150.

[RockysMom]

Well we got wonderful news. When we went to the doctor last Thursday the vet thought it was because of his bad allergies he has, inculding one to beef. That was determined the Saturday before and we had started him on some benadryl and stopped all beef products. She thought it was a little funny that the cherry eye popped up now and not even his allergies were flaring, but she said his eye was not as bad as some, and it wasn't, so she gave us some eye drops that we put in three times a day. She said if it doesn't go back in on it's own then when the swelling goes down they could pop it back in. So we scheduled a recheck for this past Monday and we went home. Well it wasn't looking any better by Saturday so I took him to my moms house on to play with her bostons and pug and by the end of the night it looked bad it was more swollen and red, probably because he had been running and playing so hard. Well we get in the car to go home, get there and get settled in, just before we were getting ready to go to bed I looked at his eye and it was gone! Just as the vet said it was allergies, and it hasn't came back, so yay, no surgery!!!!

[hollyhawkz]

I am so glad it was just allergies. Congrats!