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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2016 0:54:57 GMT
I have a two week old baby boer goat with an inverted lower eyelid. We have made two trips to the vet. First trip she basically crimped the lower eyelid with hemastats causing swelling which flipped the lid out. Soon as swelling went down it reinverted. Second trip injected eye lid with pen g. Same result. She told me if that didn't work to try pulling skin down and super glueing it below the lid to hold it tight but I can't get a wrinkle of skin big enough to glue.
I've 3x today held her and pulled the lid down so that its laying correct and held pressure on it for a while. Within minutes of me letting go it reinverts. It's not terrible, just enough to cause irritation. Thankfully the eye isn't damaged yet but waters a lot.
Any ideas of what else to do??
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Post by shellymay on May 8, 2016 1:28:19 GMT
Sorry girl I have no experience with this, but I myself would not use superglue, heck I can never use that stuff without getting it on me so I would never trust myself using that close to eye, BUT why can't vet put a single or two stitch in it?
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2016 1:36:37 GMT
I read about stitches or even clamps. I guess I'm going to have to ask her and make a 3rd trip. Idk. I feel so bad for this baby!
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Post by grannyg on May 8, 2016 18:05:26 GMT
Lots of info ....here is some....
initial treatment involved the administration of topical antibiotic ointments and attempt to correct the eyelid to not turn in. Topical antibiotic ointments can include Terramycin, Neomycin salve or B.N.P. Triple Antibiotic Ophthalmic Ointment twice a day. The eyelid may correct on its own or with some assistance several times a day. If not, a vet may be able to give a shot of of procaine penicillin under the eyelid to force it out. A vet can clamp the skin of the affected eyelid with a mosquito hemostat to create swelling and resultant excessive membrane fibrous to help correct the eye. Finally a vet can do corrective surgery to the eyelid to prevent it from being inverted.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2016 22:22:49 GMT
grannyg. We've tried both of those. The crimping and the pen g. No luck. I pulled and worked the eye lid yesterday many times. Again no luck. Sigh.... Going to call tomorrow. I know it's hurting her. Been fighting this a week and no luck. Hopefully the 3rd trip will be the charm.
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Post by grannyg on May 9, 2016 1:11:25 GMT
Hugs...what we go through for the comfort and love of our critters
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 23:43:56 GMT
Took her back today. Vet made an incision the length of the eye (just under the eye) and put in 5 stitches. Poor little thing was wore out by time it got done. Just collapsed and slept in the car on the ride home. Everything is pretty swollen tonight. Say a prayer that this works please.
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Post by shellymay on May 10, 2016 0:02:25 GMT
Praying for your baby goat @hull, and please keep us posted....
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2016 0:32:15 GMT
Eye seems to be doing well. I took the e-collar off her today and she seems to be leaving the area alone. It will be 2-3weeks before the stitches come out, so that will be the final test. She's getting along great! 17# now at 3wks old. That's a 9# gain. She's a little pistol as the vet says. Noisy and opinionated. Lol.
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Post by shellymay on May 15, 2016 0:34:14 GMT
Always nice when people come back and give a update, made me smile to hear she is doing better and I hope this proves to be her cure  |
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