When Angus was only 10 weeks old he got too close to a cat who unfortunately scratched his left eye and it went right through the clear protective surface known as the cornea.   

Despite emergency treatment immediately and a consultation with a specialist nobody could save his vision and as his eye was extremely painful his owners made the difficult decison to  have his eye removed. (Enucleation)    

This delicate procedure was performed in our sterile surgery and Angus was given fluids and strong pain relief, antibiotics and antiinflammatories.  After a day to recover from the surgery he went home and was a much happier puppy without a sore eye.   

He bounced back so quickly and although he banged into a few walls with his elizabethan collar on he was soon back at vetcare to attend puppy preschool and has no bad memories, he is always so happy to visit and once his hair grows back it will be hard to tell he is missing an eye, it doesn't slow him down at all.    

It is very important to be careful with dogs or puppies around cats they are not familar with. If you bring a puppy home to a house with a cat who is not good with dogs we recommend you bring the cat into us so we can trim the claws which will limit the damage they can do.      

Angus's mum and dad were very grateful that they had insured him with petplan about 3 weeks before his injury. 

This meant that they only had to pay a $100 (the standard excess) for all the vet bills.  This included the cost of the emergency after hours treatment, the specialist and all of his surgery and follow up care.   

This would have cost over $2000 if he was not insured.   If you are interested in finding out how to insure your cat or dog please click the petplan logo on the right hand side of this page or go to www.petplan.co.nz        

Thanks to Kate for the lovely photos.