evo Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 ok been beating today and my springer has worked well all day and has been fine,, came home and in the last hour his left eye looks a little sore and red internally, is there anything I can bath this with to ease it for him or is it a callout to the vet, he has been fine in himself but it does look a little red and sore, I have had a good look and cant see anything so can I bathe it with anything like obtrex etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 you can use pretty much most human products, odds are it will be better by the morning but any eye drops you have might help. If you have a late pharmacy nearby you could pop down. However and I'm sure someone will have a go but you will need to rub your own eye a few times and say its for you as they won't give you anything if you say its for your dog. Despite the active ingredients being the same they aren't approved for animals etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Make up a tea bag in boiled water in a mug. Let tea bag with a bit of the water cool in a clean dish. Use rest of teabag water to make a brew and drink while the teabag cools. Wipe eye gently with luke warm wet tea bag. Repeat before bedtime with a fresh wet tea bag. If it is improving by morning keep this up for a few days morning and night. If its still red in the morning, trip to the Vet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) thanks for the replies chaps,,i,ve rinsed it out with saline so far , he seems fine but it just looks a bit red, he,s been in the wars this last week, as on Thursday he came running back out of cover with blood pouring from his mouth, when I whistled him back to me his mouth looked to be pouring with blood, I opened his mouth and a spray of blood was spurting from the bottom of his tongue, I nearly died as we where miles from a vet and I thought he was going to bleed to death, anyway whilst waiting for the first aid kit to arrive it just stopped bleeding, well spurting on its own,,that was a big relief, got him home and he was limping so gave him the weekend off, took him out today and now hes got a sore eye god love him,,but he love being out beating and picking up will try the teabag trick as I,ve heard that one before Edited January 26, 2015 by evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Make up a tea bag in boiled water in a mug. Let tea bag with a bit of the water cool in a clean dish. Use rest of teabag water to make a brew and drink while the teabag cools. Wipe eye gently with luke warm wet tea bag. Repeat before bedtime with a fresh wet tea bag. If it is improving by morning keep this up for a few days morning and night. If its still red in the morning, trip to the Vet Yes. I had a dog that lost the use of one eye and after spending many hundreds of pounds at a vets on everything under the sun a top vetinery opthalmist that we consulted said that if we had used a tea bag in the first place the dog might not have lost the use of the eye. Easy in hindsight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 We have a problem with Leo cutting his tongue. He runs with his tongue hanging out most of the time and he is a mad bramble basher. Came back towards us last week after trashing the brambles with blood all round his mouth, but fortunatley only a minor cut on his tongue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Um, don't **** about with teabags, get it to a vets pronto. Eyes are funny things, you only have two of them and they don't tend to grow back. Thus speaks the words of a man that spent many thousands trying to save the eye of his Cocker. I was down there within an hour of the injury, and spent eight months battling to save it. It may just be a scratch but better to get something sterile and medicinal on it rather than a scabby old tea bag. Just my opinion though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbruk Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I hope your dog is ok, can't add to what others have posted, but I know that I'd be fretting if anything happened to my own dog. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Um, don't **** about with teabags, get it to a vets pronto. Eyes are funny things, you only have two of them and they don't tend to grow back. Thus speaks the words of a man that spent many thousands trying to save the eye of his Cocker. I was down there within an hour of the injury, and spent eight months battling to save it. It may just be a scratch but better to get something sterile and medicinal on it rather than a scabby old tea bag. Just my opinion though. Even my vet approves of the tea bag as an early treatment. Not a scabby old tea bag, a brand new one every time. Its something to do with the tannic acid in the tea cleaning and reducing infection and inflammation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 update on Archie my springer,, bathed his eye with saline first, then boiled some water with a small teabag, bathed his eye with the tea bag and low and behold he is fine this morning,,i gave it another flush with saline and his eye looks fine, back to normal and no red anywhere, thanks for the tips, or should I say PG Tips :lol: thanks again all but all is well now cheers Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photon Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Well done to you for checking your dog over after being out. Years ago one of my dogs licking at her stomach so i checked her over and right by the incision when she had been spayed was a perfectly round wound the size of a 22 pellet with what looked suture thread sticking out, She had been spayed 2 years previous so that didn't add up, took her to the vets who pulled on the thread and out came 2 sections of a dried up grass dart (flea dart to me as a kid) Vet said it would have kept going in until it disappeared completely. After that i checked every time she went out, i still do it now.Horrible bloody things. Edited January 27, 2015 by photon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Glad he is improved. Just keep an eye on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogwoppit Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) update on Archie my springer,, bathed his eye with saline first, then boiled some water with a small teabag, bathed his eye with the tea bag and low and behold he is fine this morning,,i gave it another flush with saline and his eye looks fine, back to normal and no red anywhere, thanks for the tips, or should I say PG Tips :lol: thanks again all but all is well now cheers Evo I've been through this recently with my own dog, she got spiked by a bramble over christmas. Ended up going to the vet for drops and anti inflammatories. He recommended the tea bag too but said the saline was a bad idea because it can really irritate the eye and cause more swelling. I'd keep going with the teabag a couple of times a day and keep the dog out of strong sunlight and windy conditions for a couple of days. If there's any flare up at all then straight to the vet. bw Edited January 29, 2015 by Bogwoppit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) update on Archie my springer,, bathed his eye with saline first, then boiled some water with a small teabag, bathed his eye with the tea bag and low and behold he is fine this morning,,i gave it another flush with saline and his eye looks fine, back to normal and no red anywhere, thanks for the tips, or should I say PG Tips :lol: thanks again all but all is well now cheers Evo Good NEW Teabag >> well after youv'e made a cup of tea with it . not a SCABBY old one. . You could make a up just tea and water let it cool and use that to bathe eye. Didn't recon much on the saline bit because if you get salty water in your eye when swimming ect it does sting a bit. Still well done you and a repaired dog ready to go again. Edited January 31, 2015 by fortune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Make up a tea bag in boiled water in a mug. Let tea bag with a bit of the water cool in a clean dish. Use rest of teabag water to make a brew and drink while the teabag cools. Wipe eye gently with luke warm wet tea bag. Repeat before bedtime with a fresh wet tea bag. If it is improving by morning keep this up for a few days morning and night. If its still red in the morning, trip to the Vet Tetley, Typhoo or Yorkshire Tea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Tetley, Typhoo or Yorkshire Tea? Whatever floats your tonsils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 A tea bag eye wash will also help all those amateur mechanics out there who just have to look without the filter when striking up an arc. aka pink eye arc eye welders eye DAMHIKT (about 40 years ago...I've got a LOT wiser since............) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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