tear stains/ Yes, Maltese Tear Stains / NuVET and Metronidazole

Question
I have a 7 month old Maltese,7 pounds. I tried "Angel Eyes" for a month and didn't see much improvement. I groom him myself and keep the hair around his eyes short, wash & dry his face daily and use a topical liquid "Crystal Eyes" with a Q-tip also on the tear stains. What do you recommend? He is a beauty without the tear stains.

Answer
Sure, I will tell you what helped my Maltese and cured her of some tear stains.  We never did the Angel eyes because it is a long term low grade antibiotic.  I don't mind any antibiotic short term.

Here is what I refer to : clean the eye area with a puppy baby shampoo... Just a small amount on a cotton pad and then a cotton pad with just plain water.  Do this 1-2 x per day.
Once better, do every other days baby shampoo and water pad.

NEXT - Metronidazole 100 tab.  Give you Maltese 1 per day for 3 weeks. Talk to you vet about this product or order it here:
Revival Animal Health/  You will see it is called Fish Zole - the same thing the VET will give you for the Dog.... Contact me if you want to take about this:
mtnmom@gci.net

Here is the link to Revival Health...

http://www.revivalanimal.com/store/p/2450-Fish-Zole.aspx

Next, My baby takes a NuVET each day- NuVET Plus helps her to keep her immune system strong and fight off allergies:
I have been giving my Maltese a NuVET 1/2 wafer for 6 months now.  She is so healthy and has a beautiful Coat!!!!
SEE here for NuVET ordering

Make sure you tell them Marie Peppers sent you : use this order codee and ask for the 15 % OFF...

http://www.nuvet.com/81098  ( look for the 60 count of NuVET wafers NuVET Plus - a 60 count could last you 4 months.  Some Maltese dogs just take 1/2 per day and others take a full wafer per day:
Depends on how bad the health issues or allergies are.
YOU may want to start with a full one per day.


If I see any evidence of excessive tear stains we start up on the Fish zole product 250 mg,  JUST 1 per day for 7 days.
Again, you may want to take with your vet about this Metronidazole drug....It sure does work well on tear stains.  



any questions??

mtnmom@gci.net