Tagna
Chin lover
I'm posting this to see if anyone has any idea as to what this could be. I have spent a fortune at the vets and so far have no answers. So here is the back story.
At the beginning of April, I had 5 chins returned from a foster. 3 of the chins came from a hoarding situation and the other pair were surrendered from a pet owner. They were in a car for at least 9 hours to get to me. When I took them out of the carriers 3 of the 5 had a weepy RIGHT eye. Here are pics from that night:
LEE (from pet owner)
Carlos (from hoarder)
Ernie (from hoarder)
The foster said they were fine when they were put in their carriers.
So I spoke with my vet when they first arrived and he wanted their eyes rinsed with Saline to see if that would fix it, it didn't. SO appointments for the chins and eye meds were prescribed. Once of them had an eye stain as he does have a mark on his eye but it came back as not an ulcer. They were on Dexamethasone for 10 days. Seemed to be getting better but still leaking from right eye on all 3 chins.
Back and forth to vets. They have been on different meds, took them off shavings and put on fleece. Stopped dusting, rinsed eyes after dusting. Still they have leaking right eyes. Now my vet said that the odds of having 3 chins having teeth issues on the right side all happening on the same day is rare so we put off dental x rays.
The chins are on the last med to try. In 3 weeks if they aren't better all 3 will have a dental appointment. They will be put under and looked at as well as x rays. IF that shows nothing then their eyes will be swabbed and it will be sent for pathology.
Their left eyes are fine, the other 2 chins have no eye issues. My vet has consulted with other vets and some vets say this happens with chins and they don't know why. I just have never heard of that.
Has anyone dealt with this? I just find it odd that 3 chins have this in their right eye and it appeared during a car trip and has not stopped. It doesn't get worse, but it won't go away.
At the beginning of April, I had 5 chins returned from a foster. 3 of the chins came from a hoarding situation and the other pair were surrendered from a pet owner. They were in a car for at least 9 hours to get to me. When I took them out of the carriers 3 of the 5 had a weepy RIGHT eye. Here are pics from that night:
LEE (from pet owner)
Carlos (from hoarder)
Ernie (from hoarder)
The foster said they were fine when they were put in their carriers.
So I spoke with my vet when they first arrived and he wanted their eyes rinsed with Saline to see if that would fix it, it didn't. SO appointments for the chins and eye meds were prescribed. Once of them had an eye stain as he does have a mark on his eye but it came back as not an ulcer. They were on Dexamethasone for 10 days. Seemed to be getting better but still leaking from right eye on all 3 chins.
Back and forth to vets. They have been on different meds, took them off shavings and put on fleece. Stopped dusting, rinsed eyes after dusting. Still they have leaking right eyes. Now my vet said that the odds of having 3 chins having teeth issues on the right side all happening on the same day is rare so we put off dental x rays.
The chins are on the last med to try. In 3 weeks if they aren't better all 3 will have a dental appointment. They will be put under and looked at as well as x rays. IF that shows nothing then their eyes will be swabbed and it will be sent for pathology.
Their left eyes are fine, the other 2 chins have no eye issues. My vet has consulted with other vets and some vets say this happens with chins and they don't know why. I just have never heard of that.
Has anyone dealt with this? I just find it odd that 3 chins have this in their right eye and it appeared during a car trip and has not stopped. It doesn't get worse, but it won't go away.
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