eye gunk ?!

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- 01/26/2018 at 6:25 PM
  marshbun
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  i have a young lionhead and today when i got home her i eye was closed and completly covered so i wet the gunk w a Qtip and it slipped right off even tho it was little stuck on her fur. shes fine its just a little red but its going down but what can i do to help it from happening bc it gets stuck to the fur around her eye should i have it be cut shorter.?The vet in my town is two blocks away i was gonna take her but its closed and the closes is an hour away and im home alone but i did fix it so her eye is open and shes doing fine but i really dont want it to happen again i had a mini heart attack.i know eye gunk is normal
- 01/26/2018 at 9:44 PM
  Azerane
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  Eye gunk to a certain extent can be normal, however regular eye gunk or quite decent amounts of it is abnormal. There are many causes, irritation to the eye, allergies, infection, even teeth issues. If you have sterile saline solution at home you can drip a little bit into her eye to rinse it out in case there’s something in there causing irritation, but do not wipe the eye as it can result in scratches.
  
  If it persists I would look at scheduling a vet appointment for her, at the very least if it is caused by the fur hanging into her eye they can always trim it for you.
  
  I hope that helps
- 01/27/2018 at 1:13 AM
  LBJ10
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  If it was sudden, I want to lean towards some kind of irritation. It could be she got something in her eye (hay?). But I would also be worried she scratched it. So definitely have it checked out if the gunk comes back.
- 01/28/2018 at 5:50 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Agree with the others. Maybe she just got a hair in her eye or something. But if it keeps occurring and/or eye irritation persists, have a vet check it out.
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