How to treat tear stains in dogs

Treatments for dog tear stains

1. Reduce tear secretion and discharge

Massage the dog's eye corners regularly to keep the nasolacrimal duct unblocked. If the dog's eyes are easily irritated and infected by dust and bacteria, rinse the eyes with chloramphenicol eye drops in time to keep the living environment clean and dust-free, and reduce the secretion and discharge of tears. .

2. Do a good job of eye cleaning

Dogs are born with well-developed lacrimal glands and narrow nasolacrimal ducts. The owner should diligently clean the dog’s eyes, dry the tears in time, and often wipe the place where the tears flow with saline or antibacterial wipes, so that even if the tears It is not easy to form tear marks after drying.

3. Clean ear hygiene

When many people keep dogs, they tend to neglect to clean the dog's ears, which will cause the dog's ears to become dirty and smelly, have ear mite bites or otitis, which will involve the dog's facial pain nerves, and often cause pain and tears , resulting in severe flooding of tear stains. Cleaning your dog's ears regularly can effectively prevent dog tear stains from such causes.

4. Symptomatic treatment

Tears are a weakly alkaline liquid, which contains inorganic salts, oleamide, protein and other substances. If left untreated for a long time, reddish-brown tear stains will form, which are very ugly. Eye inflammation is an important cause of tear stains in dogs. Usually, do not let dogs Dogs go to dirty places to reduce eye pollution and at the same time choose professional pet medical institutions for treatment, find out what kind of eye inflammation is, and treat symptomatically.

5. Adjust diet

The tear stains of dogs are closely related to their daily diet. Now most people choose to feed dogs with dog food, and different brands of dog food have different formulas. Some dog food contains additives and grains that may cause Dogs cause tear stains.