jessie22
Well-known member
Hello all,
I have a 2 year old tri-color girl named, Ruby. We have been to 2 vets in the last 2 weeks, and they are stumped. I'm hoping my Cavalier friends may be able to help or throw ideas at me.
It started a little over 2 weekends ago. I went to wash Ruby's face (right under the eyes) as I do every morning. When I wiped the left side she pulled away and yelped. So, the area that bothered her is right on the little slope of her nose, under her eye where it curves into a little crease. As the next 2 days passed, I noticed when she'd "wash" her own little face after meal times (this is the nose dive onto the carpet, once on each side!--sure you've seen it!) she'd yelp when she did the left side.
Went to the vet. They trimmed her hair there and everything looked great, no sign of trauma. Ears: looked great. Eyes: looked great. They sent me home and said nothing to worry about, probably a scratch or something. I didn't like this, she doesn'e yelp and not let me touch her face for no reason!
One week later, new vet. (symptoms getting worse, won't let me touch her face.) Vet is "stumped". Says it may be a tooth root abcess and gives her antibiotics and Rimadyl for pain. I'm supposed to call in a week if she doesnt improve. Then, they want to move onto an x-ray/dental appt. Well, that was 3 days ago. I have seen her do something quite scary twice today. She looks panicked out of nowhere, yelps, paws at her eye and them runs off yelping all while sliding her little eye area on what ever is availible.
This is not her neck/shoulders. It's a precise area right under her eye, when I push, I feel tooth roots/upper jaw. She HATES if I even slightly brush that area with my finger to get her (usual) eye discharge. I mean, if I BREATHE on that area she yelps.
Any ideas? It's breaking my heart that her pain is seemingly worse, and the vets says she looks "great"!
--Thanks everybody!
Jessie and Ruby
Oh: I should tell you, she eats and plays as though nothing is wrong. Though, on our walk this afternoon, she did paw at her eye, cry and then kept on going...
Also, are there some kind of plants that burrow into the skin making it hard to diagnose? A friend of mine mentioned "foxtail grass"...
I have a 2 year old tri-color girl named, Ruby. We have been to 2 vets in the last 2 weeks, and they are stumped. I'm hoping my Cavalier friends may be able to help or throw ideas at me.
It started a little over 2 weekends ago. I went to wash Ruby's face (right under the eyes) as I do every morning. When I wiped the left side she pulled away and yelped. So, the area that bothered her is right on the little slope of her nose, under her eye where it curves into a little crease. As the next 2 days passed, I noticed when she'd "wash" her own little face after meal times (this is the nose dive onto the carpet, once on each side!--sure you've seen it!) she'd yelp when she did the left side.
Went to the vet. They trimmed her hair there and everything looked great, no sign of trauma. Ears: looked great. Eyes: looked great. They sent me home and said nothing to worry about, probably a scratch or something. I didn't like this, she doesn'e yelp and not let me touch her face for no reason!
One week later, new vet. (symptoms getting worse, won't let me touch her face.) Vet is "stumped". Says it may be a tooth root abcess and gives her antibiotics and Rimadyl for pain. I'm supposed to call in a week if she doesnt improve. Then, they want to move onto an x-ray/dental appt. Well, that was 3 days ago. I have seen her do something quite scary twice today. She looks panicked out of nowhere, yelps, paws at her eye and them runs off yelping all while sliding her little eye area on what ever is availible.
This is not her neck/shoulders. It's a precise area right under her eye, when I push, I feel tooth roots/upper jaw. She HATES if I even slightly brush that area with my finger to get her (usual) eye discharge. I mean, if I BREATHE on that area she yelps.
Any ideas? It's breaking my heart that her pain is seemingly worse, and the vets says she looks "great"!
--Thanks everybody!
Jessie and Ruby
Oh: I should tell you, she eats and plays as though nothing is wrong. Though, on our walk this afternoon, she did paw at her eye, cry and then kept on going...
Also, are there some kind of plants that burrow into the skin making it hard to diagnose? A friend of mine mentioned "foxtail grass"...