The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Pets & Working Animals => Dogs => Topic started by: Cinderhills on September 21, 2011, 08:47:54 pm
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Does anyone know if dogs get floaters in their eyes? Meg, my 13 year old springer, keeps moving her head and snapping as though she is trying to get a fly, but as far as I can see there are no flies around. I just wondered that if dogs get floaters they might think there is a permanent fly around.
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I would think all animals could get them. I'm always trying to get mine to stay still so I can have a proper look! ::)
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sylvia just how are you going to see these floaters :farmer:
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sylvia just how are you going to see these floaters :farmer:
From the corner of my eye, Robert ;D ;D
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it is impossible to view floaters with the naked eye specialised viewing equipment is required and it is a bugger to have it done (you try keeping your eye open and a forking great light shining in it)
what you describe your dog doing is exactly what the symptoms are in humans (like a column of midges)
you can get treatment for it but it leaves you with a blind spot
it is quite incredible to see the photos after and just what the inside of the eye looks like :farmer:
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They do improve on their own - I used to have loads and now am not troubled by them (except when trying to spot singing skylarks!) I've no idea what makes them worse or better, sorry.
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Thanks everyone. That's probably what she has then. One of her eyes is going cloudy too which is affecting her peripheral vision slightly so I bet there's all sorts going on in her eye poor thing. :(