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Recently purchased a 5 year old male.He has a bad case of eyes matting up.Been through 2 tubes of terramycin.It seem to clear up for awhile then get worse.Any ideas??

Sounds like he may have something lodged behind or under the eyelids causing it to continue matting up like that.
Turn the eyelid (upper/ lower) inside-out and use saline in a squirt bottle to power flush behind the lids. Most times it's a piece of leaf or stem trapped under/behind the lid that the tears can't flush out causing the irritation and goop to build up.
Best of luck...

In Beagles with excess tears/runny eyes that are not resolved by antibiotics, eye rinses & Benadryl - generally this is what we have found to be the problem:

http://www.vcahospitals.com/main/pet-he ... -dogs/2136

If it is severe, you may be able to see the extra eyelashes under a bright light, or an ACVO vet can diagnose it for around $35-$40 during a CERF eye exam: http://web.vmdb.org/home/CERF/Resources ... cList.aspx or http://web.vmdb.org/home/UpcomingClinicList.aspx