Hi. This is my first post, though I've been reading the list for months. I have a female tri basset, Weezie (originally Louisa, but we all call her Weezie!); she's nine months old; we got her from a breeder of show dogs, a Basset Hound Club of America member, etc. I did my research.
We worship the Weeze! And we worship her pug brother, Moochie (18 months).
Question: we got Weeze at 3 months; at about 4 months, we noticed that one of her eyes seemed smaller than the other--as she grew, the difference between the two eyes increased; we took her to the vet last week, and they diagnosed a cataract in the center of the small eye but said they had no idea why the eye was so very small. She did appear to have some vision in the small eye, despite the cataract. The vet recommended taking her to a veterinary opthalmologist, which I will do once I have the $$ (should be soon); but the vet said it did not seem like an emergency since the affected eye has never bothered her.
I know I need to contact the breeder (I've been hesitant to do so ... for some reason). But I wondered if anyone had any experience with something like this. If so, I would love to hear what you think.
Many thanks in advance. This site is great.
Marian
We worship the Weeze! And we worship her pug brother, Moochie (18 months).
Question: we got Weeze at 3 months; at about 4 months, we noticed that one of her eyes seemed smaller than the other--as she grew, the difference between the two eyes increased; we took her to the vet last week, and they diagnosed a cataract in the center of the small eye but said they had no idea why the eye was so very small. She did appear to have some vision in the small eye, despite the cataract. The vet recommended taking her to a veterinary opthalmologist, which I will do once I have the $$ (should be soon); but the vet said it did not seem like an emergency since the affected eye has never bothered her.
I know I need to contact the breeder (I've been hesitant to do so ... for some reason). But I wondered if anyone had any experience with something like this. If so, I would love to hear what you think.
Many thanks in advance. This site is great.
Marian