Gwen has pink eye!!

Gwen's one eye was completely surrounded by crust this morning when she woke up! We called the vet and they told us it was probably pink eye! I was surprised because I wasnt even aware dogs could get pink eye!!! Anyways we took her to the vet they examined her and did a test with these drops to make sure there was no damage to the eye. Thank god there was no damage at it was pink eye! They gave us drops and she is already improving. My poor little girl..I was wondering why she wasnt 100% herself the last day or two and now I know! Has anyone ever experienced this before??? The vet also said we can actually get the pink eye from her!

Oh no! Poor Gwen!

I haven't experienced this myself but I was vaguely aware that it could happen. I'm glad she's feeling better now with those drops.

Aww poor Gwen, hope shes all better soon ><

Wow never knew this could happen, glad to hear she is on the mend, an your stress levels will be lowered

Aww poor gwen, I hope she feels well again soon

Poor Gwen can't give any advice but hope she gets better soon

Get well soon Gwen ><

I hope Gwens eye continues to improve and is all healed up very soon ><

aww poor baby!! and yes, dogs too, can get pink eye and can give it to us as well! just like humans.

Thanks everyone..she is definitely feeling better today and her eye is less red! However she gave me the pink eye I wish we could just share the same drops! LOL.

Hope Gwen feels better soon

Hope you both are on the mend, such a contagious thing conjunctivitis! My son had a weepy eye last week and I thought "Here we go more time off work" but it was gone the next morning so just a reaction to a current virus.

Something I didn't know until recently was that if it was pink eye that it could be passed onto our puppy Bella!

Sorry to hear you now have it - some tips to avoid cross contamination and re-contamination:
- continue stringent hand washing before/after handling your Gwen
- wash hands straight after touching your infected eye. DO NOT touch the infected eye and than touch your other eye!
- For myself and my kids I've always thought that warm salt water rinses to the eye area are more effective than any drops. To do this take a bunch of cotton balls and a bowl of warm salty water. Take one cotton ball into the water and take one sweep of the eye and than dispose. Repeat this until clean and than use a dry tissue/cotton ball to dry the area. Follow with the other eye if required. Wash hands straight away. This can be done with Gwen as well. I'd do this at least 3 times a day, especially upon waking and before bed and any other time as required to clean out the gunk! Should clear up in 3 days!

All the best!

Lisa

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