Akita eyes oozing and very red

dodderangler

As it says my 4 year old American/jap Akita has recently started scratching his left eye a lot rubbin it off walls and even my knees and hands and is oozing ( looks like sleep) and I looked at it proper and it's red under his eye lid
So I got warm water and cleaned it and he was ok
Then this morning same thing and the right eye is startin to look the same
So I cleaned both eyes out and he is scratching more
I'm thinkin it's glaucoma so I'm cautious as its contagious or so I was told
Anyway it'll be Thursday by the time I get the time to take him to vets because of work
Anyone advice on better cleaning it till then or if they know what it is??
Me heart is breaking lookin at him this way it looks really itchy for him

Thanks in advance
Atb

Dave147

Can you not get an hour off to take him to the vets? Hopefully you can as I hate hearing about dogs in pain I have two eye infections myself at the moment, I'm taking an ointment under my eye lid for them. I also use a warm salt water solution with an eye bath to draw the pus out. You could try something like that?

golden8

I would go to the vet asap. sore eyes is not very nice been there, meanwhile as the above poster has said salt water solution. As far as I know glucoma is not contagious but if not caught in time can cause blindness. But best go to the vet asap even it it means taking time off.

SillyMangoX

Id say its conjunctivitis rather than glaucoma, try bathing his eyes with a cool tea bag, it'll stain him yellow if hes white but it gives great relief till you can get antibiotic drops from the vet

dodderangler

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Id say its conjunctivitis rather than glaucoma, try bathing his eyes with a cool tea bag, it'll stain him yellow if hes white but it gives great relief till you can get antibiotic drops from the vet

He's as white as snow unfortunately
I've been lookin online and it doesn't sound like glaucoma
Sounds more like an ordinary eye infection and best solution is warm water with salt to kill off the infection

getz

could even be that he is alergic to something in your garden or house,dogs can also suffer from allegies like pollen ect

andreac

dodderangler wrote: »

He's as white as snow unfortunately
I've been lookin online and it doesn't sound like glaucoma
Sounds more like an ordinary eye infection and best solution is warm water with salt to kill off the infection

If your dog has an infection, salt and water wont heal it up. Please please bring your dog to the vet and get it sorted. Leaving it in pain is just cruel and so unfair to the dog

Looking online will not help your dog so stop trying to diagnose through google etc.

christmas2012

I agree leaving the dog in pain is cruetly,you should bring it to the vet,and they will give you the right medication/diagnosis,and probably snap a cone collar on him so he wont irriatate his own eyes further to stop him scratching any medication out of it..

dodderangler

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andreac wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

He's as white as snow unfortunately
I've been lookin online and it doesn't sound like glaucoma
Sounds more like an ordinary eye infection and best solution is warm water with salt to kill off the infection

If your dog has an infection, salt and water wont heal it up. Please please bring your dog to the vet and get it sorted. Leaving it in pain is just cruel and so unfair to the dog

Looking online will not help your dog so stop trying to diagnose through google etc.

Im not trying to look for a diagnosis off google
I'm lookin for best way to keep it clean till I get to a vets tomoro as I stated I'm workin and won't have free time until tomoro so before slatin me read what my first post says!

anniehoo

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Id say its conjunctivitis rather than glaucoma, try bathing his eyes with a cool tea bag, it'll stain him yellow if hes white but it gives great relief till you can get antibiotic drops from the vet

+1 Glaucoma wouldnt be presenting with those symptoms. It sounds like conjunctivitis or he could have entropion (eyelashes turned inwards scratching the eye). Either way dont put any home creams in his eye. Use the cooled teabag suggestion as it sounds like you'll be getting antibiotic drops tomorrow.

January

Get a friend or family member to take him to the vet for you?

Qwerty Dub

Very harsh to leave the dog suffering like that. Take a half day or get a friend to bring the dog to the vet for you. Find a solution. Poor thing.

andreac

dodderangler wrote: »

He's as white as snow unfortunately
I've been lookin online and it doesn't sound like glaucoma
Sounds more like an ordinary eye infection and best solution is warm water with salt to kill off the infection

You wrote the above which looked like you were just going to treat it with that solution and it would kill off the infection. You said yourself you were looking online for a diagnosis.

Bixy

Guys my sympathy is with the OP on this one. Why do we post queries like this on Boards? It is looking for support, seeking feedback. It is not to use it as a substitute for going to the vet and the OP made it clear that they were going to the vet ASAP. But sometimes there is a tendency for very emotive responses on this forum to imply that you are a bad person (using the word cruelty above), which makes many of us reluctant to post opinions in this particular forum. I had it myself awhile ago.
If everybody went straight to the vet and never posted a query on Boards there would be much less activity on this particular forum. Life is a balance, and most of us are trying to look after families, hold down jobs and give pets a good home. Boards can be a great support, but it a shame if someone posting, with a genuine worry and trying to do the best for their pet comes away feeling worse.

SillyMangoX

How did you get on at the vet today op?