INDICATIONS FOR REFERAL TO AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST

      A good general rule for all dog and cat owners to follow is to have any eye or adjacent tissue dysfunction evaluated by a veterinarian without delay. The sooner the specific problems are identified and treated the better the chance of saving eye function.
      Perhaps the most important sense to us is sight. That goes for animals too. Just like us animals get old and have difficulty focusing, may get cataracts or receive injuries which can blind. Of more significance though are eye conditions of an inherited nature (those witch are passed down from parents to young). Complete blindness from birth or developing in young adulthood can make getting about and finding food a bit difficult.
Most cases seen by an ophthalmologist are ; loss of vision, ocular discharge, ocular pain and redness, change in appearance.