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Strange Red Reflection in dog's eye
I have a foster dog, Rocky, whose eyes look normal when you look at
them in full light, however, when he is in dim lighting, his right eye has a reddish tinge in the reflection. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Cathy |
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"Cathy" wrote in message
m... I have a foster dog, Rocky, whose eyes look normal when you look at them in full light, however, when he is in dim lighting, his right eye has a reddish tinge in the reflection. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Red, no. Greenish/blue, yes. My dog has malformed retinas and is nearly blind. His eyes give off a greenish-blue reflection, and it's worse in dim light. I recommend you visit the vet for an eye exam. He or she may or may not refer you to an opthalmologist. Cate |
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"Cathy" wrote in message
m... I have a foster dog, Rocky, whose eyes look normal when you look at them in full light, however, when he is in dim lighting, his right eye has a reddish tinge in the reflection. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Red, no. Greenish/blue, yes. My dog has malformed retinas and is nearly blind. His eyes give off a greenish-blue reflection, and it's worse in dim light. I recommend you visit the vet for an eye exam. He or she may or may not refer you to an opthalmologist. Cate |
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diddy wrote:
(Cathy) wrote: I have a foster dog, Rocky, whose eyes look normal when you look at them in full light, however, when he is in dim lighting, his right eye has a reddish tinge in the reflection. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? I asked my vet about this once. His explaination was there is a special reflective layer in the back of many animals eyes called the tapetum which enhances nocturnal vision. Yep. And my own adopted girl had almost no tapetum in her right eye. I'd taken her to the opthalmologist because I'd noticed that she didn't see very well in low-light conditions, He thought her asymmetry was quite fascinating :-). I asked if the condition might've been hereditary, and he said there'd be no way to tell without breeding her; since of course she was lacking a uterus at that point that was out of the question. But at any rate he assured me that the condition was nothing to worry about. Anyway, once I knew what was going on with her eyes, I could quite clearly see in low light that they looked different; one looked red, the other green. In normal lighting they looked identical. So it's quite possible that Rocky has something similar going on. Dianne |
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diddy wrote:
(Cathy) wrote: I have a foster dog, Rocky, whose eyes look normal when you look at them in full light, however, when he is in dim lighting, his right eye has a reddish tinge in the reflection. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? I asked my vet about this once. His explaination was there is a special reflective layer in the back of many animals eyes called the tapetum which enhances nocturnal vision. Yep. And my own adopted girl had almost no tapetum in her right eye. I'd taken her to the opthalmologist because I'd noticed that she didn't see very well in low-light conditions, He thought her asymmetry was quite fascinating :-). I asked if the condition might've been hereditary, and he said there'd be no way to tell without breeding her; since of course she was lacking a uterus at that point that was out of the question. But at any rate he assured me that the condition was nothing to worry about. Anyway, once I knew what was going on with her eyes, I could quite clearly see in low light that they looked different; one looked red, the other green. In normal lighting they looked identical. So it's quite possible that Rocky has something similar going on. Dianne |
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Cathy wrote:
I wonder if it could have been caused by some trauma? My opthalmologist didn't seem to think so, but since I got Chloe at 1.5 years old and have no idea what happened to her before that... I think it actually bothers Rocky because I have noticed that he rubs his face against the rug all the time and I always thought it was because he was itchy but now I noticed that it is always the right side that he rubs. Coincidentally Chloe was a big face-rubber too, but she did it bilaterally. In her case I think it just felt good! In any case, it looks like my man Rocky will be going to the vet to check it out! Thanks for your input! Let us know what s/he says about it. I'm curious now. Dianne |
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