My vet REMOVED it. I have not had a single problem since. She is 2 1/2 yrs old, no dry eye or anything. My sister had a cocker spaniel and called all the vets where she lived- none of them cut, only tack. She said my vet was booked. I called them and they got her in.
As long as you wipe the eye area a few times a day the eye will be fine with it left up i have found
It just looks awful but far better that than a sore and messed up tack job IMHO
What happens if you do just leave it alone?
My 11mo puppy Grim has had a little cherry eye and I've been really reluctant to have it operated on. He's already had surgery on the eye once for an eversion of the third eyelid. We didn't do anything with the gland then on the vets advice, (and against our breeders advice). The cherry eye hasn't really changed since then. He may need surgery again for a bone spur on his elbow when he's full grown, and I was kind of hoping to put it off till then. It doesn't seem to bother him, and we put drops in his eye twice daily.
I was stressed about my dogs first cherry but I figured out if you let your dog close his eyes and just gently massage the top of the cherry down and back into the pocket when it pops out. Do it from the outside out the eye ontop of the hairy eyelid. With my dog it went back in and it poped out 2 weeks later so I did it again and it stayed in longer. It bought me enough time to weight til I was knocking her out for something else and it wasn't even prolapsed when I got it removed. Of corse the first time she had a cherry I spent $1000 getting it out and I didn't know I could just pop it back in. Cathy
I had no idea you could do that. I've even asked the vet if you couldn't just pop it back in. Thanks for the info! I tried last night, but couldn't get him to hold still long enough, will try again tonight. Thanks again. Beth
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