Re: [pyrnet]corneal dystrophy

["Janice Swenson" <janices@austin.rr.com>]

On 5 Jul 2000, at 16:16, sdobscha wrote:
> anyway, does anyone have any knowledge about corneal dystrophy?  seamus has 
> developed a film right on his cornea that has been characterized as fatty 
> tissue growing on the eye.  it doesn't seem to bother him but i'm wondering if 
> it is indicative of something else or typical in pyrs.  i seem to remember 
> some eye problem in pyrs.  they have ruled out diabetes, which is one cause of 
> this corneal growth.

Has an eye specialist checked it?  
Here's some information on corneal dystrophy which it looks to be 
an eye problem all it's own in other breeds:  
http://www.vet.purdue.edu/~yshen/dx2.html 
Is it possible there's another pyr eye problem now?  


Janice, janices@austin.rr.com
Lana & Linsey (newfs), Sonny (pyr)  
http://home.austin.rr.com/janices
Hutto, TX