cherry eye ?

[lisa2007]

i have a 5 month old staff who has a cherry eye and the vet wants to operate on this when she is 6 months old can anyone tell me if they have had this operation done on there dog and if so what were the results of it as im in two minds whether to go ahead with it or not please help xx

[divegirl]

Hi, my old Dane had this operation done some 10 years ago, it was a straight forward procedure, although obviously all general anesthetic carries some risk. Floyds' eye was so bad that the cyst looked like a whole other eye was falling out....was nasty!!!! Some days his eye was fine....others, especially after exercise it was really bad. I had it done in the end because I was scared to let him run about and play incase it prolapsed. After his eyes looked slightly different as he had no third lid on one, but he was fine and in never re-occured.

Lisa x

[lisa2007]

thanks very much lisa did u have any problems with dry eye and how many stitches was there ? x

[lisa2007]

sorry put your name as lisa meant divegirl x

[divegirl]

lol....Lisa is fine! I don't remember there being any stitches....unless the were disolvable ones, honestly he was fine the day after the op. I'd say go for it..... it'll only get worse if left, better to do it while she is young. Such a worry aren't they!!! I have a new pup....10 week old Great Dane and I'm worse with her than when I had my kids.....lol

[lisa2007]

oh thanks lisa yer i will deffo have it done u sorta put my mind at rest i was a little bit worried about having it done because i didnt know how it would be afterwards coz it dosent bother her at all at the moment and i spose like u said it will only get worse. ive read about it on the net and it says it is straight forward op, so cheers again. lisa xx

[indiana975]

Hi, did you get the op done on your staff? If so how did it go? I have a small dog who needs it done and I don't know what to do.