What happens when an animal loses an eye?

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Joshua Broadwater · Answer

What happens when an animal loses an eye? Yeah, this is something we see a lot in our field, and animals lose eyes for various reasons. Typically, it's because they have a disease that causes pain, but the eye is, the prognosis for vision is poor, and there is no reason to keep that eye. So in those situations, we would look to remove the eye for their long-term comfort, since the eye was serving no good purpose. The great news is that dogs do excellent with one eye. It really does not slow them down at all. Their quality of life is great, and the change to their vision tends to be minimal. We maybe see some mild changes with their depth perception, and they may have a bit of a blind spot on that side where they lost the eye, but they adapt great. So regardless of the reason that a dog may lose their eye, if the other eye is healthy and in good shape, they will adapt very well with very little adjustment period, because dogs just tend to do great with one eye. So overall, they can do excellent.

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