elastigirl
Well-Known Member
So. I suspected this for the past 6 weeks or so and have been researching. I have actually found a lot of stuff on this forum but nothing *specific* to TMs so thought I'd post here just in case.
Took Ivy to the vet today to confirm that she does in fact have entropion. Just the left eye. Moderately bad case is the impression I got from the vet. He seemed to think surgery should be done almost immediately, in the next few weeks. She's definitely in discomfort. Squinting the eye almost constantly, lots of goop coming out, and eye very red at the bottom under the pupil. It's gotten markedly worse just this week.
I specifically asked if this is surgery that should be delayed, since she's still growing (she's only 20 weeks old) and I have been reading that things can change quickly even if a TM has entropion, they may grow out of it. He said no, that this is not something that will correct itself and we should not wait because she is in a lot of discomfort.
This vet also suggested spaying at 6 months - I told him we were definitely going to wait until 18 months-2 years - funny because another vet at the same practice told me to absolutely wait until she goes through at least one heat and perhaps two.
I'm really leery of doing this surgery too soon and messing up Ivy's beautiful face.
At the same time, I don't want anything to damage her eye. The entropion is pretty apparent - I can see how the hairs must be irritating her poor eye.
I'm getting a second opinion tomorrow from a different local vet - this one has seen TMs before but I don't think very many - she's the vet that cares for Ivy's parents. But was hoping someone here had experience with this *specifically* with a TM.
Thanks in advance!
gina
Took Ivy to the vet today to confirm that she does in fact have entropion. Just the left eye. Moderately bad case is the impression I got from the vet. He seemed to think surgery should be done almost immediately, in the next few weeks. She's definitely in discomfort. Squinting the eye almost constantly, lots of goop coming out, and eye very red at the bottom under the pupil. It's gotten markedly worse just this week.
I specifically asked if this is surgery that should be delayed, since she's still growing (she's only 20 weeks old) and I have been reading that things can change quickly even if a TM has entropion, they may grow out of it. He said no, that this is not something that will correct itself and we should not wait because she is in a lot of discomfort.
This vet also suggested spaying at 6 months - I told him we were definitely going to wait until 18 months-2 years - funny because another vet at the same practice told me to absolutely wait until she goes through at least one heat and perhaps two.
I'm really leery of doing this surgery too soon and messing up Ivy's beautiful face.
I'm getting a second opinion tomorrow from a different local vet - this one has seen TMs before but I don't think very many - she's the vet that cares for Ivy's parents. But was hoping someone here had experience with this *specifically* with a TM.
Thanks in advance!
gina