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Squinting cat with disharge from the eye gets help at Apex

Eye discharge in cats and dogs

Why it is important to remove eye discharge? This article lists the most common causes of eye discharge in dogs and cats, shares effective solutions for removing ocular discharge in our treasured patients, and provides tips for knowing when it is time to visit our veterinary ophthalmology specialists, at Apex.

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Can a Blind Dog be Happy? - Part 1 of 3

Many factors impacts a patient's quality of life when they lose vision. Can a blind dog live a great life?

Let's talk about how rate of vision loss, age, and co-existing disease impact a blind dog in the first part of this series about living with a blind dog.

Dachshund, chasing, blue ball, dog, Apex Veterinary Ophthalmology

Can a Blind Diabetic Dog be Happy? - Part 2 of 3

This is Part two of the three part series about how blind dogs can live a great life. This discussion provides information focused specifically vision loss in diabetic dogs. Read on for instant ways to help your pet.

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Can a Blind Dog be Happy? Part 3 of 3

This is the final part, of the three part series, about how blind dogs can live great lives.

The discussion focuses on blind dogs living with heart disease, helping blind dogs minimize their risks for kidney disease, and ways for the family to successfully support their blind dog.

Read on for ways to help your pet.

Cat sleeping with eyes closed, may be painful, Apex

Eye pain in animals and what to do about it.

It may surprise you to learn that animals rarely cry out with eye pain, until you understand that many eye diseases (glaucoma, uveitis, corneal ulcers) cause insidious, achey pain. Read more to learn how dogs and cats exhibit eye pain and what you can do about it.

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Taking a Closer Look at Canine Vision

Do dogs see color? Let's compare vision in dogs to vision in humans across seven different ways to measure sight.