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You'd be astounded at the number of cataract surgeries they do on dogsWho knew - there are pet ophthalmologists!
Bandit is 17yo standard issue cat with an entropian (bottom eyelid folds inwards) giving her goopy eye. Can do a surgery to try to fix the eyelid but it's a long one, no guarantee of success, and she's got a heart murmur so a bit of an anaesthetic rest. He thinks she's not actually in pain with it so we're going with keeping-an-eye (ha!) on it. If gets a corneal ulcer or something I think enucleation (removal of the eye altogether) will be next step. View attachment 509409
You can see she's clearly suffering as she sits on my freshly planted coriander *rolleyes* (totally enclosed yard - she's not a free roamer and is confined inside at dusk).
Under normal circumstances that would be a 5 minute fix and , yes, she's in, at the lest, extreme discomfort.Who knew - there are pet ophthalmologists!
Bandit is 17yo standard issue cat with an entropian (bottom eyelid folds inwards) giving her goopy eye. Can do a surgery to try to fix the eyelid but it's a long one, no guarantee of success, and she's got a heart murmur so a bit of an anaesthetic rest. He thinks she's not actually in pain with it so we're going with keeping-an-eye (ha!) on it. If gets a corneal ulcer or something I think enucleation (removal of the eye altogether) will be next step. View attachment 509409
You can see she's clearly suffering as she sits on my freshly planted coriander *rolleyes* (totally enclosed yard - she's not a free roamer and is confined inside at dusk).
See I had read all over the internet it's very painful (hence why I asked our normal vet for a referral) but he said "I estimated a 2/10 'arbitrary pain-scale'" ... and reassured me she wasn't bothered.Under normal circumstances that would be a 5 minute fix and , yes, she's in, at the lest, extreme discomfort.
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Seeing eye dogs?You'd be astounded at the number of cataract surgeries they do on dogs



Very cute and cosy.I thought that cats don't like coats, but cold in Sydney so missB decided to wrap up Ruby. No complaints from Ruby.View attachment 517000
