Trip to the vets?

After charging around a field today after her boomer ball and crashing into some brambles, then forcing her way out, as well as head butting the boomer ball, Molly seems to be having some trouble with her eye, it's pretty watery and she doesn't really want to keep it open.
She's trying to sleep but seems as if she just can't get comfy, every little noise she's running off to see what it is, she won't stay in her bed, she won't lay on the floor, she did settle on my lap on the sofa but then got disturbed by a noise so then ended up refusing to go back to sleep.
We're not really sure whether to take her to the vets, with the main problem being her eyes I'm pretty concerned, we've been debating whether to wait until tomorrow or not. Opinions please?

Just an additional bit - she will open it a little, but shuts it again pretty quickly.

Eyes are very delicate and are a much needed part of the body if you are concerned about her I would take her to the vet better safe than sorry and gives you piece of mind as well. Hope its nothing to serious maybe just something stuck in there let us know how she gets on.

I just gave the vets a ring, and they said we should take her in, got an apt booked for 4.40 this evening, hopefully it's nothing serious.

Yeah i agree with the above. Vets for eyes. If it is something in there they can get it out. And for your peace of mind too!
Let us know how Molly gets on.

Fingers crossed its nothing let us know how you get on.

are you sure there is nothing in it? have to tried to flush it with water? are there any eyelashes which need easing out, I ask because my girls eyelashed sometimes turn into her eye and she cant open it.

I've tried washing it out, I've had a good look in it, she's usually really good with her eyes, I often have to get sand out of them, but today she's really flinchy and just doesn't want us to touch it.
My first thought was eyelashes, but the fact she forced herself out of a bramble bush has me a bit worried.

good luck at the vets

Thanks, we're gonna head off at 3.50 last time we had to drive up that way the traffic was horrendous.
Hopefully it'll be something simple, and cheap, bad time to had no work I think!

Good luck, probably too late to suggest now but when I go to the vets I always ask to see a nurse, as they are way cheaper, if they charge at all (I might have been lucky on that) , and then if they feel it needs a vet then they will say. Hope Molly's ok and the drive isn't too hurrendous

If her eye sight is inpaired she may be feeling vulnerable so she is alarmed by every noise and movement and wont settle confortably anywhere she may of scratch her eye ball so a trip to the vets would be advised.

Hope it's nothing serious.
Let us all know how you got on when you get back
Good luck and big hugs for Molly

good luck molly x

Well Molly has a small puncture mark in her cornea, or a superficial corneal ulcer, which was probably caused by a thorn. So she now has some eye cream that she has to have 2-3 times a day, which is fun. But it should be gone in about 5-7 days apparently.

Nice one.......hope Molly has a fast recovery

Cornish-Muscle wrote:Well Molly has a small puncture mark in her cornea, or a superficial corneal ulcer, which was probably caused by a thorn. So she now has some eye cream that she has to have 2-3 times a day, which is fun. But it should be gone in about 5-7 days apparently.

Awesome news nothing to seriouse then and hopefully she will recover quickly , Cassie is thorn bush mad she just walks through them constantely must the terrier part i think

glad its not too serious! Good luck trying to get the cream on her!!!

Cheers guys. We've already put the cream in once, it wasn't fun, I'm only going to do it twice a day, no need to stress her out more than necessary.

Oh, poor Molly, it must be very sore. Lots of hugs from me & Dempsey.

Good news Cornish, Molly will hate the cream but its all for the better

She's fast asleep at the moment, the first rest she's really had all day.
Seen as she's not up for charging around fields, we're going to take her in simple walks for the next week or so, and work on her "heel" command.
We got her weighed again today and she's lost a fair bit of weight, so hopefully the increase in food and the less energetic exercise will help her level out a little.

Aww poor molly must be uncomfortable for her bless. glad its nothing to serious

Awww poor Molly hope she is feeling better soon

Get well soon molly

Hey Cornish, how's Molly doing today, how is the eye cream going, bet she loves it!!

big hugs Molly

Hows Mollys poorly eye?

Only just seen this! I hope Molly is ok.

Oh poor Molly hope you have started to see some improvement. xx

She's currently munching on her bone, she's keeping her eye open a lot more today, she only shuts it when she looks at something bright, the vet said she'd be a bit photosensitive for a while until it heals.
I managed to get the cream in her myself this morning whilst Leaim was still in bed, she was pretty calm as well, but that's possibly because she's used to me being near her eyes after having to wipe tonnes of sand from them after our beach trips lol.

Aw well done Molly. Glad she is improving

Glad to hear she's improving. ><

good stuff

Nice one