gooey eyes again

[caolanlee]

hi everyone still need a bit of advice on gooey eyes all my 5 of my cockers have a greyish gloopy discharge in their eyes both their eyes.i ordered some pet alive eye heal which is a herbal thing for healing all kinds of eye conditions like conjuntivitis(has anyone ever heard of pet alive eye heal) and some colloidial silver.ive been cleaning their eyes 3 times a day with these things 1 cotton pad for each of their eyes from inner corners out.would it actually be better if i used some kind of dropper to drop this into their eyes.ive been using it for 3 days now and they are no worse and maybe a little bit better but its still there and now for a day or so ive had to do the pups eyes to.what would it be is it contagious as all the dogs have the same thing or would i be better getting antibiotic drops of the vet.i always try and go down the herbal route which is just as expensive dont  know whether i should carry on with the pet alive eye heal and colloidal silver and give it a few more days.help appreciated

honey                        bonnie bailey amber and pippa

[Lynne L]

Paddy has dry eye which produces sticky grey mucus and sometimes a film of sticky mucus over his eye but I would be v.surprised if all of your's had it - However, it needs a vet to diagnose using a tear test. I am not sure whether conjunctivitis in dogs is contagious (it can be in humans if caused by an eye infection) - think if it's a persistent problem for all I would seek Vets advice as untreated eye problems can be v.problematic later on.
Could you get one dog checked out and then see what vet thinks the problem is ?
Lynne

[caolanlee]

yeah lynne think thats a good idea il take one and see what they say cause the eye heal im using stuff dosent seem to be clearing it.its really bugging me because all of them seem to have it.    thanks for your reply.

[Lynne L]

Let me know how you get on - we are frequent visitors to the vets with Paddy either eye problems or ears! Unfortunately both common cocker problems - expensive but not life-threatening thank goodness!
Lynne