help

iggy's eye won't fully open. the eye inside is reddish and around the eye is kind of swollen.
he doesn't want us to get near the eye.
today is sunday and the vets are closed. he has to wait until tomorrow.
should i give him eye drops ?

Aww no poor iggy it looks so sore. Is there not an emergency vet marine? You could try batheing it with some cooled boiled water sweeping from the corner of the eye, outwards. I'm not sure about the drops with not knowing what's wrong. Hopefully someone will be along shortly who can offer a little more help.

will try the warm cooling warm water. thanks.

Poor Iggy, I hope he gets better soon! best to get it checked out by the vets

Ooh looks very sore, Vinnie had this not so long ago. Bathing with water will help but you defo need to get to the vets as Vinnie ended up with conjunctivitis and needed proper eye drops.
Let us know how you get on xx

How's iggy doing now marine?

poor lad hope he is feeling a bit better

his eye is opening a little now. but still very small. i can see some discharge greenish/yellowish. i try to remove it from time to time with wet cotton.
but apart that he is chilling and playing with his toy.

Poor iggy, hope he gets better soon, let us know what the vets say x

Might be that there is something in there causing the problem. A friends dog has the same a while back and it turned out to be a small stone trapped under the eye lid that needed flushing out.

If it's a sting/bite then a Piriton might help.

Other than that (and bathing with boiled water) I'd see the vet.

we'll take him to the vet tomorrow morning.

You've done the right thing in flushing it out. Could be a number of things, like conjunctivitis, foreign object in the eye, bacteria, etc.. I wouldn't put any eye drops in until you know what's causing it.

I think you've got the right idea with taking him to the vets tomorrow. Hope he feels better soon!

Poor Iggy   sounds like something has got into his eye and the vet will need to find out what it is. Meanwhile, bathing with cooled boiled water is the right thing to do.

Do let us know what the vet finds  

How did Iggy get on today Marine?

It could be a bee or wasp sting that caused the swelling, how is the eye today ?

we woke up this moring and found iggy's eye back to normal no swelling no discharge nothing. just to be cautious we still went to the vet.
the vet did some stuff with his eyes and told me there was nothing wrong with them. i told him look again to be sure . he told me he was sure. he said it must have been something irritating his eyes yesterday but today it was all clear.
he gave me normal drops to irigate his eyes.
40 euros for 10 min of consultation ...oh iggy !

Probably just a bit of dirt then! Glad he's better!

Pleased to hear it's sorted, thanks for letting us know

Glad he's all better now  

Pleased Iggy is fine now best to have your mind at rest though. 

Glad it is better! Eyes aren't something to ignore so it was a good thing you went anyway.

What good news Marine! sorry about the 40 euros (ouch) but you did the right thing, eyes are so precious.

They are expensive little treasures aren't they!! Really happy to hear that his eye has settled though Marine, that is good news