Thank you a thousand times!! Dixie the happy Dauchund and Barbara the thankful Dog Mom.
Chris (San Francisco, Ca) on 12/24/2016
Spontaneous healing, then-unhealing of cherry eye
My chihuahua terrier mix got cherry eye one day for no reason I could tell. I tried massage. nothing. then about a week ago we looked and it was gone. what had changed? He had been off commercial food for about 2 weeks at that point. Starting a human food diet. Also started getting vitamin C, B, D, bone meal, and l-glutamine in his food. This happened after a 7 hour flight to Boston. so he was fasting the day before. Boston exposed him to cold weather (we live in san francisco). Then after about 5 days it came back!
The most significant thing that has changed in Boston is his food. He ate a lot of broccoli rabe and raw streak. Dogs do have beef allergies. and not sure about the brocoli.
Baby Wipes and Dietary Changes for Cherry Eye Earth Clinic Fan (Seattle, Washington) on 06/23/2016
We recently rescued a dog with cherry eye. My husband began to wipe his eyes with Babies' hand and face wipes every morning, just to get the dreck out of the inner corners. I would repeat during the day occasionally if his eyes got glommed up with junk. We also added a "pricey" dog food slowly to his diet (spelt, oats, codfish, orange, and a ton of vitamins) and within a week's time, his cherry eye began to disappear....no redness at all left. I must say he is on a chicken-free diet and he gets very rare steak (sell-outpriced) pieces of meat for his very best treats. That's the only thing going on around here....no time- consuming ice packs orexpensive bottles of doggy vitamins or potions!
Lubricating Eye Drops, Massage for Cherry Eye 2puppyowner (Texas) on 02/18/2016
I noticed my old 8 week puppy all of a sudden had cherry eye thought he scratched it or got something in it, but looking online I used the method with the warm cloth and massaged his eye while having him laying on his back.Then I put 3 drops of eye drops to the eye and continued to massage. Within 15 minutes his cherry eye was gone. Thank you for the post and how to correct this. Got me very worried about my little guy.He's doing better. Thanks
Re: Massage for Cherry Eye in Puppy Carl (Dover Foxcroft, Me) on 12/25/2015
Thank you guys from New York. We have just gotten a 9 week old chiweenie. And on Christmas Day she decided she was going to get cherry eye. We use your instructions and within 10 minutes we have pushed it back in. You don't know how much this just saved us. Hopefully it will go away and not come back again.Penelope is her name by the way. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Re: Ice and Massage for Cherry Eye Jennifer (Madisonville, Ky) on 12/17/2015
I just did the ice and massage treatment on an eight week old beagle mix. Used cube of ice for minute or two the massaged for about three minutes n it's gone. Hers was really protruding out.
Massage for Cherry Eye Natalie (Oak Forest) on 08/21/2015
Worked Temporarily
I have a dog who has had cherry eye for about 6-7 yrs. At first the vet showed me how to gently push it back in with a lubricated Q-tip. This would work temporarily but would always eventually come back Then stopped working all together. Since I didn't have the money for surgery (which isn't a guarantee anyway) I decided to live with it as it never bothered him. I am just wondering if the massage method will work now being that he has had it so long. I always put eye drops in but it seems to be getting bigger. He is 10 now and I don't want to put him through surgery. Anyone else have a suggestion or similar situation?
Massage for Cherry Eye Shivpal ( India) on 05/14/2015
Thank you so much. I tried the gentle massage for my beagle and it works. Can you suggest me what should I do to prevent it coming back??? We did surgery before 2 months and again it was back but I tried your suggestion so her eye is normal now. My beagle female puppy is 6 months old.
Thanks for Cherry Eye Advice Jean (West Midlands, UK) on 04/02/2015
Thank You so much. My little coton de tulear developed a cherry eye during the night, I took the advice from this site regarding the Ice and massage and I can't believe after half an hour of using the ice and massaging the big bubble has gone!!! x
Ice, Massage for Cherry Eye Daphne (Richmond, US) on 11/30/2014
My chi weenie has cherry eye! It was just red and I looked at her eye and there was a big bubble right under the lid. My son massaged her eye gently for a minute. Nothing. I put on a hot compress for about a minute and gently pushed along her closed eye toward her nose about 3 times. Nothing. I found this site and decided to try ice. (Someone said it took them 3 min). I put ice in a ziplock. I snuggled her and put it on her closed eye for 3 minutes. I pushed on her closed lid toward her nose 3x. I could kind of feel it as I pushed. Third time I couldn't feel it so I just petted her and got her to look up at an angle and it is still red but no bubble! Taking her to the vet tomorrow to see what is going on but happy that we know another option. Yay!
Thanks from Tasha for Cherry Eye Advice Molley (Australia) on 11/15/2014
Hello , my name is Tasha, I am a white shitzu cross, I would like to thank you for the advice you have given for cherry eye, I am a little tired of mum messing with it, I don't like going to the doctors and don't need an operation, the eye drops are so soothing, and now I don't run into every thing, with the ointment she was giving me, I nearly zonked out the last time I walked into something hard, well thanks again folks and keep up the good work.
Best wishes from Tasha
Warm Cloth + Massage = No Cherry Eye! Puggle Owner (San Fran, California) on 10/18/2014
This was so easy. My 3-year-old puggle suddenly had a protruding swelling in the corner of her eye, so I Googled "dog swelling corner eye" and arrived at this site. I didn't have eye drops in the house, so I just wet a towel with warm water and held it to her eye for a minute while massaging, and voila! The swelling was gone. Thanks everyone!
Ice, Massage for Cherry Eye Abraham B. (Hialeah, Fl.) on 04/01/2014
I got my Boston Terrier puppy 3 weeks ago. He is just 12 weeks now. He got cherry eyed the day before yesteday and my wife got some iced water with a sterile gause and put it on the puppy's closed eye a couple of times. She then gave the puppy the circular massage and it worked!!!! We got really happy after feeling soooo bad for the puppy. Bostons rock!!!!!!! Thank you all for the help...
Resting Dog on Back Cured Cherry Eye Mandy (Slc, Utah) on 08/09/2013
This is what I did for my english bulldog of 9 months. At the first sign of cherry eye I gently rolled her onto her back and just let her stay there with my help for a few minutes. When on her back she usually closes her eyes and relaxes (this is her submission stance). I don't think this had anything to do with it but I did also put one hand above her head (which is her jaw, essentially since she is upside down) and I envisioned her blood circulating better especially on her cherry eye so the swelling would go down. This worked for me. I'm pretty sure it was just because she was upside down and it made her close her eyes and let the cherry go back in without force. At the time she seemed to have fallen asleep for the 3-5 minutes she was upside down on her back. This was over a week ago and it has not come back as of yet... BTW no ice, no drops, nothing else was needed. Hope this can work for other peoples dogs.
Massage for Border Beagle With Cherry Eye Dbldutch (St Charles, Illinois) on 02/25/2013
WOW! I am new to the site and a new dog owner. Our 4 month old puppy, Lexi, is a border beagle and things have been going relatively well. She has big brown (Disney style) 'puppy dog' eyes that just make one fall in love. While I've noticed that the whites will often be a bit pink or look irritated, I had run across cherry eye pictures while trying to see if this was normal and she did not have this problem - though beagles apparently are proned to this. Well, today she clearly did have this in her right eye but I was fortunate to come across the posting here! About five minutes of massaging mixed between 15 minutes of squirming and it is gone!!! I did not add any drops, put a compress on it, or 'push it back in' but I did the massage almost immediately after noticing it and it had not progressed very far. Thanks to all who posted. This not only provided me with an alternative, but all the postings gave me the courage to try this on my own.
Lubricating Eye Drops, Massage for Cherry Eye Corinne (Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey ) on 02/24/2013
Thank you thank you!! It worked I just massaged her eye for about 2 minutes and it was gone. I had to wait till she was sleeping because she is a puppy and wouldn't sit still. Thank you so much!!!