Condition journey
Vision & Eye Health
Eye conditions and sight loss — what is urgent, what can be treated, and adapting at home.
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Your vision & eye health care team
These are the practitioners this condition can call for, from your everyday vet to specialists and therapists. Enter your postcode to see who's near you at each step.
- Your vet (primary care)
Veterinary ophthalmologist ·Referral hospital
Understanding vision & eye health
Reading from PetsLikeMineCataract
- Diabetic Cataracts: Why Most Diabetic Dogs Go Cloudy, and Why Speed Matters 13 min
- Is Cataract Surgery Right for My Pet? A Decision Guide 12 min
- Cataracts in Dogs and Cats: What They Are and Why They Form 13 min
- What Cataract Surgery Involves, and Recovery Week by Week 11 min
- If You Don't Operate: Living With a Pet With Cataracts 11 min
- Cataracts in Cats: Less Common, Usually Secondary 10 min
- Questions to Ask Your Ophthalmologist About Cataract Surgery 11 min
Glaucoma
- Glaucoma in Dogs: The Painful Emergency Owners Miss 14 min
- Removing a Blind, Painful Eye (Enucleation): Kinder Than It Sounds 12 min
- Glaucoma in Cats: Nearly Always Secondary 12 min
- Spotting Eye Pain in Pets: The Signs We Overlook 10 min
- The Fellow Eye: Protecting the Second Eye in Primary Glaucoma 12 min
- Uveitis: When the Inside of the Eye Is Inflamed 11 min
- Managing Glaucoma at Home: Drops, Pressure and What to Watch 12 min
Sudden Blindness
- My Pet Suddenly Went Blind: What to Do Right Now 11 min
- My Cat Suddenly Went Blind: Check the Blood Pressure 12 min
- SARDS: Sudden Blindness in Dogs With No Warning 12 min
- Retinal Detachment: Causes, Urgency and What Can Be Saved 11 min
- High Blood Pressure and Your Pet's Eyes: The Link Owners Miss 13 min
- Sudden Versus Slowly-Noticed Blindness: Why It Matters 11 min
Progressive Retinal Atrophy
Vision Loss
- Your Pet Has Gone Blind: The First 30 Days 12 min
- Home-Proofing for a Blind or Low-Vision Pet 13 min
- Talk Before You Touch: Communicating With a Blind Pet 12 min
- Will My Blind Pet Be Happy? Quality of Life and What to Expect 12 min
- Blind Cats: Why They Often Cope Brilliantly 13 min
- Halos, Mats and Aids: What Actually Helps (and DIY Options) 11 min
- Out and About: Walks, Safety and Telling Other People 10 min