Contact lens for tigers!

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Loopy-Lou
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Contact lens for tigers!

Postby Loopy-Lou » Fri 17 Jul 2009 8:05 pm

http://www.orange.co.uk/news/quirkies/d ... Id=3405236
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Re: Contact lens for tigers!

Postby Graeme Stevenson » Sun 19 Jul 2009 12:36 pm

We had a Vet Ophthalmologist talk to the Scottish Contact Lens Society some years ago. She spoke of fitting contact lenses as bandage lenses to cats,dogs and even lions and tigers! She did mention that slit lamp examination was rather tricky and best carried out with a pair of binoculars!
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Re: Contact lens for tigers!

Postby Loopy-Lou » Mon 20 Jul 2009 2:02 pm

*pictures Ken fitting a lion with a sceleral lens*
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