brotymo
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Hey everyone. I took Bandit to the vet yesterday because his eyes were red and he was having trouble keeping them open and the third eyelid was partially closing. I had noticed he was having trouble keeping them open early in the morning, but they weren't red. At that time, I thought he was just tired. The redness increased throughout the day. The other thing that startled me and prompted me to go ahead and take him to the vet was how he was acting lethargic. When he'd decide to get fired up, he would have no trouble running and playing, and his appetite was normal, but he'd literally fall asleep standing up and be so wobbly, he was like a drunk. It was like he was "too tired to stand". The vet was puzzled about that, yet he witnessed it, too. We did a complete blood count and it is normal, no sign of a poisoning or anything, and today, he has none of those "tired" signs, but his eyes are no better. They stained his eyes to check for any scratches, foreign body or injury, but found none. His eye pressure was normal. The vet speculated that he might be having allergies. He doesn't itch or rub his eyes at all, but he does squint them and blink like they hurt to keep open. They have no discharge at all, not even watery, but they are red and irritated. I took photos and put them here so you can see. In every way he acts normal, but his eyes definitely are NOT normal. Anyone else have anything like this?