Blood inside the eye

Hello vets. Any input on what this could be? My 9 year old Alaskan malamute has what looks like blood in her eye. She has no other symptoms. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello!   That's a dramatic picture.  It suggests a bleed within the anterior chamber of the eye.  This can happen with injury, but also with clotting disorders and e.g. uveal cancers.  It should therefore be taken seriously (many ocular cases turn out to need emergency treatment).  It would be a good idea to call your emergency vet and let them know what has happened in order that they can triage (decide the priority of) the case.  Best of luck and please do let us know what is found!

Thank you for your response. We went to our local vet and he told us to give her Isopto-Max cortisone eye drops and come back on Tuesday.  My malamute doesn’t seem to have any other symptoms. 2 years ago she had two cancerous growths removed one from her lip and one by her ribcage both were removed completely. Other then that her bloodwork previously and urine have been good. This really scares me I have never seen something like this before and besides the two cancerous growths she’s never had any other health issues.

The vet also stated she has pigmentation spots in her right eye (where the blood is) I’ve been checking previous photos and back to 4 years ago you could see faint pigmentation spots but before then she’s got a clear eye. The picture below is from last year. The above picture in my previous post we saw one day a small dark spot on the top  her eye and suddenly on the next day it looked bloody and went straight to the vet. But I’m still clueless as to what the prognosis for something like this would be and/or treatment options for the future. 

I think it is important that you find these things out.   Is your vet able to tell you?  If not then it is worth asking for a referral to someone who can (eg an opthalmologist) in order to ensure that eg cancers of the uveal tract have been ruled out.  It is a lesion that photographs well, which may help this process. We would be interested to hear how you get on.

Ok thank you. I’ll be asking him what his thoughts are and for a referral to an ophthalmologist. Thank you I will keep you posted