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Chocolate lab - 1 year this month. Male neutered
I noticed about an hour ago that my dog's eye was dilated. Just the one. He is acting normally, playful, good appetite, drinking, normal stool and urine, and no other notable symptoms.
I didn't see him hit his head. We'd been rough housing a bit before that and I don't think I poked him in the eye or anything. He was chewing on a stick on the walk previously to that so I was worried maybe it poked him or he got a piece in his eye? His eye was a little squinty after I noticed his eyes and he rubbed it a handful of times but that stopped after a few minutes. The pupils respond to light and movement. He doesn't have any kind of head tilt, limp, swelling, oozing, etc. I can't see any debri but that doesn't mean much.
I am worried, but all the vets are closed except the emergency clinic and I can't really afford to take him since I lost my job recently. I plan on taking him to the vet first thing in the morning.
I am also worried because when he was very young 3-5 months old he got a concussion (ran *face* (not fast...sorry typo) first into his kennel door.) His eyes responded the same way but the vet said there was no permanent damage and he probably had a mild concussion - the dilation only lasted about 2 hours before it was back to normal. He is almost a year old now so it has been half a year or more. Can damage show up after such a long period when there has never been any indication before? Or is it probably just eye irritation? Or something else?
Opinions? Comments? Reassurances?
I noticed about an hour ago that my dog's eye was dilated. Just the one. He is acting normally, playful, good appetite, drinking, normal stool and urine, and no other notable symptoms.
I didn't see him hit his head. We'd been rough housing a bit before that and I don't think I poked him in the eye or anything. He was chewing on a stick on the walk previously to that so I was worried maybe it poked him or he got a piece in his eye? His eye was a little squinty after I noticed his eyes and he rubbed it a handful of times but that stopped after a few minutes. The pupils respond to light and movement. He doesn't have any kind of head tilt, limp, swelling, oozing, etc. I can't see any debri but that doesn't mean much.
I am worried, but all the vets are closed except the emergency clinic and I can't really afford to take him since I lost my job recently. I plan on taking him to the vet first thing in the morning.
I am also worried because when he was very young 3-5 months old he got a concussion (ran *face* (not fast...sorry typo) first into his kennel door.) His eyes responded the same way but the vet said there was no permanent damage and he probably had a mild concussion - the dilation only lasted about 2 hours before it was back to normal. He is almost a year old now so it has been half a year or more. Can damage show up after such a long period when there has never been any indication before? Or is it probably just eye irritation? Or something else?
Opinions? Comments? Reassurances?