A Laser Focus on Your Furry Friend’s Eyes

Conjunctivitis (pink eye) is a fairly common eye condition when one or both of your pet’s eyes will look red, irritated and swollen, or could produce discharge.

Drye eye references diminished tear producton that can cause corneal inflammation, squinting, and discharge in your pet’s eyes.

Cherry eye is an eye condition in which the ligaments that keep the tear gland under the eyelid strt to breakdown and the gland prolapses (pops out).

Epiphora is a medical conditon in dogs that causes an exessive overflow of tears in your dogs eyes.

Glaucoma is a painful eye disease that can cause a build-up of fluid and pressure in your pet’s eye. As pressure and fluid in the eye increases, damage to the retina and optic nerve can ultimately lead to blindness.

Cataracts is the clouding of the lens of the eye that creates a grayish blue or white discoloration of the pet’s eye, which can lead to blurry vision. As the disease progresses, it can ultimately lead to blindness.

This condition is a hereditary disease that affects a pet’s ability to see, causing slow degeneration of the retinal tissue. Early signs of this condition are often overlooked, but can begin with night blindness in most cases.

This condition refers to an abnormality in the eyelids in which the lower eyelid rolls outward or appears “droopy”. Certain breeds have a higher incidence of ectropion than others.

This condition is considered a hereditary disorder in which the eyelid rolls inward, causing teh eyelashes and surrounding hair to rub against the pet’s sensitive cornea.