Tanka has had runny eyes since day one. Just that little bit of just about clear blob or string of goop at his eye. Just a fact of life. In looking back at pics of his sire, I see the same thing in his pictures. His eyes have been checked by 3 different vets. ALl good.

About a week ago his eyes started to really get goopy, overnight. WHite or clearish discharge. No green, or yellow color at all. Not smelly. The whites of his eyes seem ok, every now and then I convince myself that there may be some redness in a part of the white. His nose is not running. His appetite has dropped off just a tiny bit, but again this is normal for this time of year, when it warms up. His exercise level has also gone down, but again normal. When we go out in the cool morning, he is 100% normal, and he is up for anything I we want to do as long as it is not hot out.

So any other symptoms I can't put a finger on. But it is tick season, and he has had a few attached although I check him a couple times a day at least. it is still a big concern for me, and I think sometimes I worry too much over any little thing I see in him. I am going to take a temp in the morning when I have some help. He has never had a rectal temp done before and I am not going to introduce it to him myself.

Would you worry over runny eyes like that? Could it just be a spring allergy? Julie

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Tanka has had runny eyes since day one. Just that little bit of just about clear blob or string of goop at his eye. Just a fact of life. In looking back at pics of his sire, I see the same thing in his pictures. His eyes have been checked by 3 different vets. ALl good.

About a week ago his eyes started to really get goopy, overnight. WHite or clearish discharge. No green, or yellow color at all. Not smelly. The whites of his eyes seem ok, every now and then I convince myself that there may be some redness in a part of the white. His nose is not running. His appetite has dropped off just a tiny bit, but again this is normal for this time of year, when it warms up. His exercise level has also gone down, but again normal. When we go out in the cool morning, he is 100% normal, and he is up for anything I we want to do as long as it is not hot out.

So any other symptoms I can't put a finger on. But it is tick season, and he has had a few attached although I check him a couple times a day at least. it is still a big concern for me, and I think sometimes I worry too much over any little thing I see in him. I am going to take a temp in the morning when I have some help. He has never had a rectal temp done before and I am not going to introduce it to him myself.

Would you worry over runny eyes like that? Could it just be a spring allergy? Julie

Is he itchy/scratching anywhere?



"every now and then I convince myself that there may be some redness in a part of the white."

You can take good clear photos now so that you have a comparison in, say, two days (or any time you think they may look different but can't be sure).



"His eyes have been checked ..."

Recently? Since the discharge started?

he isn't itchy or scrathy at all. Pictures are a good idea.

No, the everyday discharge he has had since a puppy has been checked 3 times.

I have been thinking about taking him in to meet a new vet and the eye thing justs has me worried about whether I need to do it now, or if I am being a worry wart. I AM a worry wart when it comes to him. There is a vet who has been meeting with the people doc I work for, and my doc thinks he is really sharp. His website looks like he is really into some great stuff and I thought it may be a good thing to establish a relationship with him.

I have been thinking about this, and talked to my hubby about it tonight, and I think we are going to take him to the vet, hopefully we can get in this week.

I still would love any feedback on this from here. it is always good to go in somewhere with some knowledge about what you want to ask.

Are you seeing excess tears, like "Poodle" and "Bichon" tears, or more like clear discharge?

Water?

Or thin clear mucus?

I assumed from "blob" and "goop" that you mean clear mucus discharge and not tearing.

Right?

No, not extra tearing. Clear mucous discharge, with a whitish tint.

Hi Julie

I don't know if it is of any relevance, but both my Boerboels have what my daughter calls eye boogers a lot of the time!

Kaiser has a slight droop in his lower lids, and the gunk is more obvious, I just wipe them away, and his eyes are nice and white, he is more gloopy during the spring.

Sugar has a teary eye, has done since she was a tiny pup, and every now and then the membrane takes a while to retract, usually first thing in the morning, one time it looked like cherry eye, but the vets have checked them both out on numerous occasions, and they got clean bills of health; Sugar also has more watery eyes this time of year when the new grass is coming up over the fields.