Thread: advice please?.... squint

Originally Posted by Antonia

Hello and welcome!
Your Coonie is a stunner indeed... what's his name?

As for the squint, I agree with Jackie - if it doesn't bother him and his eyesight is not impaired I'd leave it be.
On the other hand, I think candes has a point as well. The squint developed later in his life, and if it was my Coonie I would want to know whether there might be something that's causing it. So perhaps a more thorough check is in order. Perhaps you could discuss this with your vet.

His name is Quintus.. Photo is b&w; he's actually a fawn colour, though for some reasons it comes out more ginger on photos. The vet tested his vision and said it was not affected, hence the 'cosmetic' classification. In other breeds like the Siamese strabismus has been inadvertently 'bred in' by the selective breeding over the years, so I tend to think of it as an inherent risk with pedigree breeding that could be avoided. It does spoil his looks, and people always comment on it, but he's still growing so I think we'll wait and see how it turns out. I think the breeders themselves should have some obligation in these situations; we love him to bits but if you take all the emotion out of it and look at it just as a transaction, then basically they have charged top whack for faulty goods...