help health question anyone have a shar pei?
March 21st, 2009 | by admin |
chelsea h asked:
i have a shar pei and his eyes have already been tacked once but he still cant see very well if ill be playing catch with him and i through it high he wont be able to see it he can only see down and the person i bought him from is a pet breeder and she recomended putting triple antibiotic ointment in his eye but on the bottle it say DO NOT USE IN EYES but shes said it would be alright i but i love my dog to death and i dont want to hurt him i need a second opinion or anthoer idea
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i have a shar pei and his eyes have already been tacked once but he still cant see very well if ill be playing catch with him and i through it high he wont be able to see it he can only see down and the person i bought him from is a pet breeder and she recomended putting triple antibiotic ointment in his eye but on the bottle it say DO NOT USE IN EYES but shes said it would be alright i but i love my dog to death and i dont want to hurt him i need a second opinion or anthoer idea
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5 Responses to “help health question anyone have a shar pei?”
By Onyx Ninja on Mar 23, 2009 | Reply
I would give my vet a call real quick just ask them over the phone, have the bottle handy so you can read it off to the vet.
By spanish_lil_asian on Mar 23, 2009 | Reply
it is cause by over production of tears the tears pack into the extra skin it has. vets perform plastic surgery to cut some of the skin away, since it causes so many skin and eye problems if not taking care of carefully and correctly. its a good that your not listening to the breeder because it can cause more blindness. just like what it says on the package DONT PUT IT ON!!!! it says for a reason. the vet will give you a better medicine to use so have that checked out and be carefull
good luck
By dampyre on Mar 25, 2009 | Reply
Your vet that has done this eye surgery would be able to help you with buying the proper product to put in your dogs eye’s to help. Dog breeder or not sometimes they don’t know all…. Don’t listen to her/him if there is a warning on the ointment, to not use in eye’s that means it is not safe and can have adverse effects…. I have known a couple that had to have there shar pei’s eye’s tacked 3 times, and they did get some eye drops from there vet, if i could get ahold of them i will edit my comment to let you know what they have and are using… But call the vet that did the surgery, and they can help you better then we can here, and don’t listen to the breeder please…. If she knew what she was talking about, she wouldn’t recommend to use something that specifically states not to Bad breeder
By Grizzly Gizzy on Mar 29, 2009 | Reply
Go to your vets now. The poor dog needs you to take him as soon as.
By blk_sheep_fl on Mar 30, 2009 | Reply
don’t put it in the eyes. She’s not there to watch the eyes get all irritated and stuff, so don’t do what the breeder says. If your dogs eyes are inflamed take to to the vet for the proper medication. THat’ll end up being much cheaper than paying to treat what putting triple antibiotic in his eyes would cause.
Typically the eye surgery for shar peis is because their eyelids tend to turn under and the lashes irritate the eye. If that’s done very early it may need to be done again, depending on how the dog grew. Just have the vet check it…
If he can’t see UP because of wrinkles, well, that’s how they’re built…they weren’t bred to catch flying objects, after all.