It may seem strange to imagine your cat or dog wearing contact lenses, but it’s not uncommon for vets to use therapeutic soft contact lenses on animals including, cats, dogs and horses…You may even remember reading in the news about a very unusual case in the USA where professionals were considering making gigantic contact lenses for C'sar an elephant at North Carolina Zoo, suffering with poor vision.
Unlike humans, contact lenses for pets are often used for a different purpose; instead vets apply them to animals that have damaged their corneas, this serves two functions – it allows the eye to heal by protecting it like a bandage against discomfort caused by the movement of the eyelids and avoids the owner having to pay out for a complex surgery.
Similar to colour contact lenses for humans, pet owners can also use cosmetic tinted lenses on their dogs to hide eye damage.
