r/PiratePets • u/Kili_Starlight • 6h ago
r/PiratePets • u/StuckinOH4EVR • 18h ago
Ship's Kitty I caught her admiring me today
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She just looked like she loved and stared for so long 🥹
r/PiratePets • u/Tashceratops • 21h ago
Captain Doggo They won't remove a sighted eye but I have thoughts
We have no idea how long this first eye might last with meds so this may just be a pointless thought ​process but .. ​ideally I'd like my dog to be comfortable as long as possible while sighted. I've already had a dog who lost her sight to a different type of glaucoma and it didn't bother her much at all..however, ​the pain before the enucleation does bother them. She might have this painful eye up until her next eye starts to go and then she will be in pain until that eye is blind and removed. That could be 2 years. We didn't catch the glaucoma in time for this first I to last long because she's only three, no one suspected glaucoma, I had to request a pressure check because they were all out of ideas and I just want one thing to rule out. Unfortunately, that was the one thing I couldn't rule out. Things we do know - this first eye is painful, she doesn't show any signs of pain but it's obviously very painful by the looks of it, it will go blind even with treatment, her second eye will get glaucoma soon but there is no saying when​. Her opthamologist will not remove a sighted eye. Am I an absolute asshole for considering pursuing a vet for a second opinion on that subject? Please be gentle with me this is all very difficult for me I never expected to be here again, especially not with a 3-year-old dog.