You notice a "cherry red" lump in the corner of your dog's eye(s) and wonder what it is and what to do about it. After a visit to the veterinarian, you learn that it is a common condition called cherry eye. There are many different ways to treat cherry eye. Since this prolapsed gland also produces tear film to protect the eye, removing it may predispose your dog to "dry eye" later on.
Please share your stories and photos about cherry eye here. NOTE: This is not a question-answer forum, but rather a sharing of experiences to inform and help other viewers. Questions may be posted in the VetMed forum.
Cherry Eye in an English Bulldog
We did the pocket procedure on my female, and the purse string procedure on my male. His eyes are doing just fine and I am pretty sure he will not need any further care, he is still however getting a…
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Cherry Eye in an English Bulldog
We tried to bring him to vet but the only option he gave us is removing that red bump on his eyes. Just the word REMOVE gave me a bad feeling me and my wife love our dog so much that we don't want to…
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Noticed at 4 months of age
The vet I go to recommended I leave it alone for now and gave me eye drops in case of infection. She does not do the surgery so she referred me to a special eye vet about an hour from home. I have no…
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Cherry eye in a Chihuahua
Only one option. Surgery to replace gland in eye to its proper place. I am on a fixed income. Just neutered the dog and vacc. I feed only the best dog food and house the dog in my home. He is potty t…
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Cherry Eye in a Cane Corso
My breeder told me to remove fully. This new tuck version doesn't mean it will go away, the vets will charge you more money for tucking it, and the chances your dog will have to come back for another…
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Bailey the Cocker Spaniel with Cherry Eye
My vet gave me a couple of options. The first was to wait and see if it would correct itself and the second was surgery. Since Bailey was just a puppy I chose to wait for a couple of weeks and was gi…
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Sophie the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
We could tack it, remove the gland or leave it. We chose to tack it.Our vet also said it was just cosmetic, but I've watched it and it seems to get inflamed some days and just seems uncomfortable. I'…
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Chanelle the Chihuahua with cherry eye
Chanelle had her operation to have the gland tacked back in on the 1st Oct 2010. Today, 9th Nov 2010, the gland has prolapsed again so tacking only lasted a few weeks. Will have to book to see the ve…
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Harley the Bulldog
Vet numbed eye and put back in place that only lasted 2 hours so now he is going to surgery next week.. oh my god. They did an eye stain to make sure there was no damage to cornea or ulceration..atte…
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English Bulldog male 3 month old puppy with one cherry eye
i just came from the animal ophthalmologist who quoted me $950.00 - $1012.00 to do the pocket procedure on one of his eyes the other eye is fine (so far) I am in Northern Kentucky. Good grief its so …
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Cherry Eye
My vet treated the Cherry eye with Maxisporin eye drops to try to get the swelling down a little. We then had the operation to tack it back into place.He prescribed prolet for after the operation, wh…
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Cherry Eye in a Cocker Spaniel
1-Surgery 2-Surgery to tack it in place and 3-NothingIt tears a lot and I try to keep his hair underneath clean. He is a wonderful little dog and we are way too attached to send him back to the rescu…
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Cherry Eye in a Bulldog
The Vet said we could tuck it, but it looks too big to tuck. They said they don't know if they can tuck it until they are in the surgery. We did the wait and see for a long time and it never went bac…
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Adopting a dog with cherry eye
My vet said it needed to be corrected surgically, and that she had had this problem for a long time. She explained the operation to me, and we opted to have both eyes fixed under one general anesthes…
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