Cataract Surgery For A Dog?

[bobl]

Wondering if there's a veterinary surgeon in Chiang Mai who can do this, and at what cost?

Would be grateful to hear from anyone who can offer a clue...

[elektrified]

I don't know but I would be willing to bet that the only 2 places that might have the technology to do it are CMU and Ban Mha ka Meaw Animal Hospital.

[KhunVee]

Try to contact Nienke at Luckydogs.

If anyone knows the answer to that...,

[Nienke]

Thanks for your trust in me, K. Vee. But I do not know actually.

I would suggest to contact Care for Dogs http://www.carefordogs.org/, they may know.

[bobl]

Thanks guys, I didn't think it would be easy...

I'll have a sniff around those suggestions...

[isanbirder]

If anybody can do it, it will be the Small Animal Hospital on Cholpratan Road (this IS CMU). They will have access to suitable specialists, and will not be expensive.

[uptheos]

Thanks guys, I didn't think it would be easy...

I'll have a sniff around those suggestions...

What about the vet who made the diagnosis, doesn't he/she know?

[bobl]

What about the vet who made the diagnosis, doesn't he/she know?

Ah... The "diagnosis", that would be me...

I'm not a vet, I just figured get some clues first if treatment was available. You're right in thinking it might not be cataracts but if I take him to a vet that can fix cataracts and it is, I kill 2 birds with 1 stone as it were... And if it's not, the same vet could likely treat whatever it is...

[NancyL]

Advanced cataracts are pretty obvious. If it's gotten that far bobl, wouldn't it be a good assumption that your dog has adjusted? My parents had a cat that developed cataracts and he did just fine as a housecat, even adjusted pretty well if people moved furniture, etc. As the vet said to my mom "I guess you'll have to read the newspaper to him every day." It wasn't treated and he seemed to be a happy cat for years.

We had a cat that developed advanced glaucoma. We didn't realize how far it had gone until we boarded her for several weeks and then noticed she bumped into things for a few hours when we brought her home. Checked with our vet who said "I thought you knew your cat was totally blind. You knew she had glaucoma. She's been blind for several years."

She lived a happy live for about five years after that, until finally she developed either loss of her sense of smell or reason, because she seemed to forget where her food bowl was located and bumped into the dog a lot. The dog would just look at us as if to say "this isn't normal. this is how accidents happen" (The dog never liked the cat, just tolerated her because we liked the cat)

[KayCee]

My older dogs have early cataracts, and are taking eye drops to slow the progression. They were diagnosed by our vet here, Dr. Nook at Dr. Nook's Animal Hospital, near to Pantip Plaza. She told us that cataract surgery for dogs is riskier than for humans, something about the depth of the sedation required on usually elderly dogs, but our dogs still have better than 75% sight, and don't seem to be having difficulties, so were are proceeding with the drops for now. We really like her. She has a sweet way with the animals, excellent English communication skills, nice staff, and seems quite competent, and happy to explain and discuss treatment options. Her phone is 05-381-8905