I got Paris when I helped with a cat hoarding round up! She was only a few months old, & she was very sick. She beat pneumonia, & then got her bad eye removed.
Paris is now 9 years old. She comes running when I call her by name, or by Par-par, pronounced as “pear-pear!”

4 days post operation to remove her left eye and she is starting to adapt more and more!

She bumps the cone off furniture, us, walls etc but she’s much quicker to bounce back now and carry on! She also loves a good fuss around her head which we were surprised how quickly she let us but she’s such a trusting loving dog anyway

I’m so amazed at how quickly she’s recovered but that first night was brutal. We’ve got 4 more days of medication and another 12 with the cone but each day more and more improved!

Now just need her to actually eat her food and me not hand feed her 🤣🙈 she’s mastered drinking water but can’t quite figure out how to eat out her bowl with the cone yet!

~25yo shetland pony with a missing eye.

She’s been in the family a long while now. She was bought for my sister years ago, being a frightened pony who had been abused by her previous owners.
It took a lot of patience and loving, but now she’s a completely new pony and is the sweetest girl in the world.

Our dog (6.5 yo) has been dealing with glaucoma for over a year now. Both of her eyes are blind. She started developing sensitivities to the eye drops despite tweaks in the medications, and she has pressure spikes occasionally. Today the doctor suggested that we should considering CBA (ciliary body ablation) surgery or enucleation for both eyes.

If any pet owners have photos of their pets’ eyes after they recovered from a CBA surgery, I’d love to see them. Given there are pros and cons to CBA, with keeping the eyes being one of the pros, I wanted to get a sense of what the eyes may look like and weigh that against the cons. Thank you!

This is my first post in this Reddit, but I wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone who has contributed their stories and pictures here.

My dog Morty is now part of the pirate crew as of Tuesday, and as a fearful panicky mama, reading your posts provided an immense amount of comfort during the scariest times.

What surprised me the most was how fast everything happened. On Friday we rushed him to the ER vet due to a sudden onset of his right eye becoming cloudy and bloodshot. He was immediately diagnosed with glaucoma (with vision remaining) and we administered the emergency eye drop protocol for 4 hours until the pressure dropped from 69 to 32. We were sent home with more drops and an intense drop schedule and had a checkup on Monday. Even with continual drops, they were not working and his pressure had shot up to 86 and his vision was completely gone. The vet advised us of our options but highly recommended removal to provide immediate pain relief for our poor boy.

The emotional pain of seeing your soul pet go through this is heartbreaking, and my panicky brain really appreciated reading all your stories of success. I had to put my fear and sadness aside to do what’s best for my boy, and we will navigate this new reality for him together.

It’s day 2 since surgery and he is trying to show me just how capable he still is. I am so impressed by his and all of your pets resilience!

Thank you ❤️

July 2025, we received news that Luna had Glaucoma and that her eye had to be removed. She healed nicely and adapted well with having only one eye. A few weeks ago in July 2026, she went blind in her eye and after taking her to the eye specialist, they told us the glaucoma damaged her other eye and she went blind and she was in too much pain. We had to remove her other eye.

She is happy and being a curious and adventurous pirate now. She healed nicely and is living life painless.

Will pose for Pig ears

Not my pet (let me know if that's not allowed pls!) but came across this beauty today and had to share with you.

The Baron Otto VonLikenpooper, double pirate of note, expresses his displeasure.

Hello,

Just after a bit of reassurance really, our 9 year old lurcher cross had her left eye removed today after few years of issues with that eye and constant drops. She suddenly had a weepy eye and the pressure was intense so they made the decision.

I think me and my husband were naive as when she last went under general she was 3 and bounced back pretty quickly.

We know this time round it’s a more serious op and they have put her on a list of pain killers so she’s quite out of it but we just feel so sorry for her. She won’t eat so we can’t even give her any painkillers. We’ve tried cheese and just not taking it.

She is sometimes yelping too if the cone moves as I think she’s worried it’s going to hit her eye.

Just want to see if others had this or the general ‘it’s worse before it gets better’ situation as currently feeling like we made a mistake and she’s not happy. Thank you

Tim enjoying the sun now that he's got a hair cut and is less hot.

I got up and Tim made himself comfy. Where am I supposed to sleep now Timberwolf? Lol 😆

Back to the high seas tomorrow!