 [ Symptoms ] can a dog bit near the eye cause a caterac to develop in a dog is eye  chihuahua got bit under eye in july 2013 by another dog developed red growth where bit took care of with medicine now the same eye has developed a cataract first noticed in may 2014 could the infection from the dog bite have caused enough trauma to the eye for the chihuahua to develop a cataract [ Disease ] there is an opaque small mass that could be just a normal blood vessel or an abscess or a cystic mass but in order to confirm you need an mri scan of your chest the cold and throat pain are not the cause of these opacities for further information consult an internal medicine physician online   > <link>