It is normal for dogs to have eye mucus

Like humans, dogs also have eye mucus. How does eye mucus occur? In fact, there are meibomian glands in dog eyelids. They are located on the edge of the eyelids, near the roots of eyelashes. They secrete lipid substances day and night to form the surface layer of tears and prevent excessive evaporation of tears. While your dog sleeps, his meibomian glands are still hard at work. At this time, the oil secreted by it mixes with the impurities in the tears, and accumulates in the corners of the eyes to form eye feces.
Normal eye droppings should be in the form of black hard scabs that have lost moisture, and are most abundant in the morning. After wiping it clean, there won't be many new ones in a day.
If the dog has an increase in the amount of eye feces, changes in color, and is accompanied by other problems, then there is something wrong with the eyes.
In addition, tear stains = excessive eye mucus. Tear stains are tear stains, and tear stains are continuous and will continue to appear even if they are cleaned up. Normal eye droppings will not reappear in a short period of time if they are cleaned up.

A sudden increase in dog eye mucus requires caution

As mentioned above, it is normal for dogs to have eye mucus. But if there is suddenly an increase in eye mucus and it appears multiple times after cleaning. You need to pay attention to it.
A sudden increase in eye feces is usually accompanied by redness of the corners of the eyes, redness of the corneas, tear stains, etc.
Especially when the eye feces is yellow-green, it is a sign of inflammation, usually bacterial infection. For minor bacterial infections, you can use antibacterial eyewash to rinse the surface of your dog's eyeballs every day, or you can use some eye drops specifically for pets. If there is no improvement or even worsening after three consecutive days of treatment, you should seek medical attention immediately.

The reason dogs have more eye mucus is because they are angry

It is very common for dogs to suddenly increase their eye mucus:
A dog eats a lot of high-fat, high-fat, high-fat foods at one time After eating protein and high-sugar foods, the amount of eye mucus suddenly increases.
For example, eating too much cheese, tropical fruits, beef, sheep, and pork at one time.
At this time, many dog ​​owners thought it was "getting angry", so they gave the dog various kinds of traditional Chinese medicine and made various herbal teas for the dog. This is very dangerous. At least it can delay the condition, or at worst it can cause serious consequences, such as liver failure, kidney failure, allergies, etc. (not only dogs, but humans also have cases of liver and kidney damage caused by suppressing fire). In the case of viral keratitis or conjunctivitis, delay in treatment may cause blindness.

Other causes of excess eye mucus in dogs

Physiological causes include: sudden warming of the weather, reduced drinking water, and eating a large amount of high fat, high protein, and high sugar at one time things, foreign objects in the eyes (dog hair, sand, etc.), etc.
Pathological ones include: bacterial or viral conjunctivitis, keratitis, trauma, conjunctival injury caused by bruises, playing, canine distemper, cold, thyroid disease, trichiasis, dacryocystitis, etc.