My dog's cherry eye surgery: Still discharge, healing slowly?

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Our Morty, a 9-month old Boston Terrier/Chihuahua mix, had a modified Morgan's cherry eye correction on 5 March and there's still discharge (greenish eye boogers for lack of a better description). We're continuing to treat the eye twice daily with Neo-Poly-Bac Opth Oint Vetropolycin as instructed by our vet (last visit was 2 April) but isn't this taking a really long time to heal? Should we see a different vet for a 2nd opinion? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Male | neutered | 7 months and 29 days old | 10 lbs

Megan, DVM, CVA · Accepted Answer

I would have expected it to be mostly healed by now. I would talk to your vet about checking her tear production. Her tear production could be decreased which could be causing the mucus discharge. She could also have an in that eye that isn't responding to that particulr antibiotic eye drop. Your vet may want to try a different eye drop. I hope this helps!

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