[b][b]Green Sticky Fluid[/b][/b]

[mark mattis]

my beagle has a green sticky fluid in her one eye duct. can anyone tell me whaqt might be causung this and how should it be treated?

[Emery]

Have you been running the dog? Sounds like something got stuck in there. Take some saline solution (for contact wearers) and rinse out both eyes. I mean spread them wide open and gently rinse them out completely. Look for a seed or piece of debris and flush it out. That will probably take care of it for you, but just to be safe go and get some opthamalogic (sp?) antibiotic ointment at a farm store/feed mill... and put that in there too. Both are a good thing to keep on hand. I make a habbit of rinsing out my dogs' eyes after running as a preventative measure. I haven't had any issues like you describe since starting to do that.

Good luck and keep us informed.
Emery

[snowshoehareguide]

pull down lower eye lid -- look real close to see if anything in there- i have some houndy walkers-have trouble alot- - just got in the habit of checking them - its amazing how much junk they can collect -(balsam needles)-u will need to practice but ive got real good at just kinda pushing eyelid in and lifting that stuff up n out-

[DRamey]

You can put mineral oil in the eyes too to make the natural tears flush out foreign bodies and infection. Erythromycin ointment is the antibiotic that is used for eye infections. I wouldn't wait too long to see a vet, with the eyes, something simple and curable can turn ugly pretty quickly.