Ahhhh, I can see it. It was better right after surgery. They make a little stitch that holds that third eye lid in place sometimes it slips back, We were told that it could happen again and I was worried because we don't know how it happened. At first it popped in and out on it's own. My breeder said she never had a cherry eye on a pup before but we also know it can happen through injury. (BTW, our breeder paid $500 of my $1800 surgery bill. Is your pup guaranteed through your breeder?). With all the other expenses Sergeant has brought to us I am so thankful his eye has not been any further trouble. It looks like the third eye lid has weakened further to me. It will be interesting to see what your vet says. If he tells you it's normal I'd look for a specialist and get a 2nd opinion.
He explained to us that they use the thinnest stitch, and it's a continuous stitch...
He saw her after surgery because we were concerned, and he said "she looks great" well since then? It's gotten worse. That lead us to the ER vet. Which is leading us to this (really 3rd) follow up with the surgeon.
If something went wrong I would just love to be told, instead of being beat around the bush and lied to.
He guaranteed her surgery, and said if her eye prolapses within 4 months after surgery, he would eat the bill. (Which, he would have a 2nd time whether he guaranteed it or not with my husband...)
If he says this is normal I am telling him off today. And I might even take it further than that, because just looking at her, this is NOT normal.
In our contract our breeder doesn't guarantee against cherry eye since it's "common with the breed". Isabelle's surgery was $507, and we have CareCredit.
I did text her and notify her, since I know it can be genetic, she said that she never had a puppy reported to her that had cherry eye, so maybe it's just my luck? So I told her that Isabelle had the surgery, and I just wanted to let her know? She literally replied "k" I was infuriated.
She has a lot of health problems, so I just figured it was a bad day, but you could have at least said "aw" or something.
It was just really rude, but that's a whole other story.
in 2 weeks and we have never had another problem :-D I had an eye surgeon do mine. That's all they do is eye surgeries on dogs (or cats). Did you have a specialist do it? The first picture is jut before the cherry eye popped out. The middle is several weeks after healing and the far right is him at 1 year. I have a photo of what the cherry eye looked like but it's on my phone and I'll try and see if I can send it to my computer. A cherry eye happens right in the corner.
