Skin, eyes & senses
Vision & Eye Health
Eye conditions and sight loss: what is urgent, what can be treated, and adapting at home.
5 topics · 36 guides from PetsLikeMine
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- Your vet1 kind
- Specialists2 kinds
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Cataract
7 guides from PetsLikeMine
Diabetic Cataracts: Why Most Diabetic Dogs Go Cloudy, and Why Speed MattersA dog is diagnosed with diabetes, the owner gets the injections and the feeding times right, and a few months on the eyes start to cloud. I've taken that phone call many…13 min read · on PetsLikeMine Is Cataract Surgery Right for My Pet? A Decision GuideYour vet has said the word cataract, and now you're trying to work out whether to operate. The search results don't help much. On one side sit the websites with a stock…12 min read · on PetsLikeMine Cataracts in Dogs and Cats: What They Are and Why They Form"Cataract" is a heavy word, and owners tend to hear the worst of it first. But there's often relief mixed in too, because they'd been peering into that cloudy eye for…13 min read · on PetsLikeMine
Glaucoma
7 guides from PetsLikeMine
Glaucoma in Dogs: The Painful Emergency Owners MissOne thing here cannot wait two minutes, so it goes first. If your dog has an eye that's suddenly turned red, cloudy or hazy, that looks bigger or more bloodshot than the…14 min read · on PetsLikeMine Removing a Blind, Painful Eye (Enucleation): Kinder Than It SoundsThe word lands hard across the consulting table. Enucleation. Eye removal. What most owners picture is something brutal being done to a pet who's already suffering. They…11 min read · on PetsLikeMine Glaucoma in Cats: Nearly Always SecondaryGlaucoma in a cat is a different animal from glaucoma in a dog, and that difference is the whole point of this page. In dogs it's often a dramatic emergency: a red…11 min read · on PetsLikeMine
Sudden Blindness
6 guides from PetsLikeMine
My Pet Suddenly Went Blind: What to Do Right NowHere is the short version, because it matters more than anything else on this page. Sudden loss of sight needs to be seen today, not at the weekend, not "if it's no…10 min read · on PetsLikeMine My Cat Suddenly Went Blind: Check the Blood PressureA cat that has, in the space of a day or even overnight, started walking into furniture, missing the sofa, freezing in the middle of the room with both pupils wide and…12 min read · on PetsLikeMine SARDS: Sudden Blindness in Dogs With No WarningA dog who was fine last week is suddenly walking into doorframes. The eyes look completely normal, there's no redness, nothing obviously hurts, and yet the dog plainly…11 min read · on PetsLikeMine
Progressive Retinal Atrophy
4 guides from PetsLikeMine
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA): Slow, Painless, InheritedA PRA diagnosis arrives differently from most. There's no accident to point to, no emergency dash to the vet, no painful eye to treat. Just a quiet sentence in the…11 min read · on PetsLikeMine PRA and Your Breed: DNA Testing and What It MeansThe most common question I get about PRA rarely comes from someone whose dog is already losing its sight. It comes from someone holding a puppy's paperwork, or thinking…10 min read · on PetsLikeMine Preparing for Blindness When You Know It's ComingA diagnosis like progressive retinal atrophy, or a slowly thickening cataract, lands hard. Someone has told you, in so many words, that your dog or cat is going to lose…10 min read · on PetsLikeMine
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Vision Loss
7 guides from PetsLikeMine
Your Pet Has Gone Blind: The First 30 DaysLet me say the most important thing first, because you may be reading this at three in the morning with a frightened animal in the next room. Your pet's life is not…11 min read · on PetsLikeMine Home-Proofing for a Blind or Low-Vision PetThe diagnosis is settled, your dog or cat is losing its sight, and now you're home with the practical question: what do you actually do here? This is my favourite part…13 min read · on PetsLikeMine Talk Before You Touch: Communicating With a Blind PetA newly blind pet will often flinch, snap or scramble up in a panic when a familiar hand reaches in to stroke them in their usual spot. Owners describe this to me again…12 min read · on PetsLikeMine
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Is This an Eye Emergency? A 60-Second CheckAn eye has gone cloudy, or red, or your pet is holding it half shut, or they've started bumping into the coffee table they've walked past a thousand times. Underneath…10 min read · on PetsLikeMine My Pet's Eye Looks Cloudy: Should I Worry?A cloudy eye usually shows itself in a particular kind of light. Your old dog is dozing in the afternoon sun, or your cat is on the windowsill with the light catching…12 min read · on PetsLikeMine Red, Painful or Squinting Eye: What It Might Be and How UrgentA sore eye, half-shut and weepy and a bit pink, raises one practical question above all others: is this a "ring first thing tomorrow" or a "get in the car now"? Of all…11 min read · on PetsLikeMine
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Your vision & eye health care team
These are the practitioners this condition can call for, from your everyday vet to specialists and therapists. Enter your postcode to see who's near you at each step.
- Your vet (primary care)
Veterinary ophthalmologist ·Referral hospital
Understand the condition
Clinical background on vetcanon, the ConciergeVet reference library. Vetcanon is published by Concierge Vet LTD, which also operates PetCare Atlas.
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Every vision & eye health guide, in order, sits in its own space on PetsLikeMine, written by owners and vets who have been through it. We show the first few here and link to the rest.
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