What should I do if my dog has tear stains?
1. Grooming well
Some long-haired dogs are not groomed well, and the hair can easily irritate the eyeballs. This is also one of the reasons for the most tear stains. The owner only needs to groom them as soon as possible. The hair around the dog's eyes can be trimmed cleanly to prevent the hair from irritating the eyeballs and causing tear stains. Only good care can reduce the problem. At the same time, you can do eye massage three times a week to help the dog's nasolacrimal ducts unblock and reduce the tear stain problem. .
2. Keep it clean
Dogs with naturally short noses like Pug have a limited amount of tears discharged because of the large curvature of the nasolacrimal duct, even if it is a normal amount of tears. It cannot be loaded, so it will cause unsightly tear stains.
There are also some dogs suffering from a hereditary disease: primary polylacrima, which causes excessive tear secretion and causes tear stains. Although it cannot be eradicated, there are still ways to solve it.
The owner can use warm water and saline to clean and wipe the dog every day, especially the eye sockets. If you persist every day, you will find that even genetic problems can be solved after a period of time.
3. Symptomatic treatment
Tears are a weakly alkaline fashion, which contain inorganic salts, oleamide, protein and other substances. If left untreated for a long time, reddish-brown tear stains will form. Very ugly.
Ocular inflammation is an important cause of tear stains in dogs. Do not let dogs go to dirty places to reduce eye pollution.
At the same time, choose a professional pet medical institution for treatment to find out what kind of eye inflammation it is and treat it symptomatically.