a similar thing happened to kumo once this summer. we woke up in the morning and his eye was nearly crusted shut. we took him to the vet and they used special eyedrops to check his eye for a scratch, but there wasn't one. they also did a test to find out whether he had an infection (he didn't).
the vet concluded that the eye may have just been irritated by allergies or something, and produced an overabundance of "goobers" (my word, not the vet's!). she prescribed some eyedrops that were essentially anti-irritation medicine which we used for a few days. i think the problem ultimately went away by itself.
i agree that the information on the internet about conjunctivitis makes it sound like an emergency, but in this instance with kumo i don't think it was. kumo was not acting like the eye was bothering him. the inner eyelid was a little redder than normal, but the eye itself did not appear to be painful or inflamed. in hindsight, i probably could have just cleaned it out and then given it a day or so to see if it got any worse before going to the vet.
one thing i can recommend is taking a soft cloth and getting it wet with warm water, and then holding it over the eye for a minute or two, before trying to get the crusty goobers out of the fur. it worked better than anything else i tried!
-em
the vet concluded that the eye may have just been irritated by allergies or something, and produced an overabundance of "goobers" (my word, not the vet's!). she prescribed some eyedrops that were essentially anti-irritation medicine which we used for a few days. i think the problem ultimately went away by itself.
i agree that the information on the internet about conjunctivitis makes it sound like an emergency, but in this instance with kumo i don't think it was. kumo was not acting like the eye was bothering him. the inner eyelid was a little redder than normal, but the eye itself did not appear to be painful or inflamed. in hindsight, i probably could have just cleaned it out and then given it a day or so to see if it got any worse before going to the vet.
one thing i can recommend is taking a soft cloth and getting it wet with warm water, and then holding it over the eye for a minute or two, before trying to get the crusty goobers out of the fur. it worked better than anything else i tried!
-em
