Eye Issue

[Leigha]

Last night we noticed that Dixie was keeping her eye closed a lot. When I tried to open it, it wasn't red or anything, but the inner eyelid seemed to be covering part of her eye. There was no discharge, but I took a rag and wiped around the area. Which I assume felt good to her because she pushed her head into my hand. She's still favoring that eye--she tries to flutter it open, but it won't stay open. Today there was a little discharge (it looked like normal eye booger) but still no real redness. She's not whimpering, she doesn't flinch when I touch around her eye. I'm not sure if maybe a puppy scratched her eye or if she's getting an infection.

So, in the mean time, 'til I can get her to the vet, is there anything I can do at home to help?

[Fundog]

Go to a drugstore, like Walgreens and get some normal saline eye wash solution-- it's a standard in first aid kits, for rinsing out foreign objects like dust and specs of dirt and such. You can irrigate Dixie's eye with that, and applying a cold compress (not quite as cold as an ice pack-- really just a cold, damp washcloth) to the eye will help soothe swelling and irritation.