Hi,
I brushed Addison Dewey (Dewey for short) this morning and checked over him as usual and nothing was wrong. I get a call at work and my mom says the outer end of Dewey's eye looks like it is swelling. She comes over and takes them out and usually lets them out on the shaded patio a few minutes afterwards.
I figured that he must have got stung or bitten by something.She said it looked like a bug bite. She's had bullies before so she gave him Benadryl. She gave him a whole 25mg tablet, 1 mg for every pound she said was correct, Dewey weighs about 52lbs. I usually start out with half of a 25 mg tablet though and give the other half later. Is that okay? I've been worried because he's been sleepy, poor thing. (I am glad in a way because I wouldn't want him to itch there or anything at the corner of his eye.)
I came home and it does look like a mosquito bite right on the outer edge of his eye or a bee sting. But in a way it looks like a blister that would show up on the back of your foot. Like it has a little fluid in it. Any of you ever had something like this pop up? Also, since he's still pretty sleepy I put a little dab of Neobacimyx-H, an antibacterial ophthalmic? ointment on it because I figured since it was made for animal's eyes it would probably be the only safe thing I could put at the corner of his eye until we can get to a vet, if it doesn't get better.
Is there anything else I can do, when should I give another Benadryl, or should I take him to an emergency vet in case it isn't a bug bite? Any advice would be great! I did check him this morning and that's the only reason I thought it had to be something that bit him and it looks that way. If there's anything else I might not know of that could cause this on the outer corner of the eye please let me know. Thanks in advance for your response!