Sleep Stuck Around The Eye

[kavon]

Bella has this black stuff (sleep) around here one eye. It's from sleeping I guess. What would be a save way to remove it? It gets stuck into her hair. I made the mistake two weeks ago and pulled it until off. This along with hair came off. Her skin was red and exposed afterwards-never again that way...

Thanks,

[abe's dad]

We haven't had this trouble but I would think a warm wet washcloth would soften it enough to make it turn loose

[bradl]

Petsmart etc. also carry something called 'eye wipes' or simlar that work very well. A warm washcloth is also effective - we got the eye wipes when someone mentioned that they also work for getting slug slime off of puppy lips

[Guest Guest]

I admit I just pick the black bits off - thank goodness not too much builds up (though my pup cannot stand when mommy is pulling the black bits off!) before removal.

[Toto times 2]

It seems that only one of my dogs has this problem and I just take it off with my fingers everyday when I am petting him. It doesn't seem to get too stuck when I do it frequently but if I leave it too long it really gets matted into his hair.

[CathyAnn]

We call them "eye boogies"...hehe!

And, this is r-e-a-l-l-y gross......my oldest wants to eat them! Yes, you read correctly, eat them.

And.....now the youngest wants to eat them, too, as she thinks Toto is getting a 'treat' .

Cathy

[wags]

"...And.....now the youngest wants to eat them, too, as she thinks Toto is getting a 'treat' ..."

that's funny!

The first time, Wes had a lot of "eye pick" and we had to wet it with a washcloth to get it loose. I think he had an allergy last year because now there isn't so much and I just pick it off everyday. He doesn't mind.

[toomanypaws]

I only notice this w/ my almost 6 mth old Hannah. I usually just pick anything off her eyes first thing in the morning when I take her out.

[Eliz222]

Scout and Finch get the "boogies" too. I gently pull them off every day when I am petting them. I think if you do it often, you won't have trouble with the heavy build up. My two always give me the look as if to say, "what? this again?"

[Guest Tototoo]

Its not just for cairns my horse gets eye boogies too "super-sized"

YUCK - but he likes to sneak up on you and wipe them down your back -Can't stress it enough YUCK

K

[kavon]

thanks for the input. sorry for the sloppy post - i was tired...