Hamster eye problem....any advice?

[Newpiggiemom]

My daughter's hamster is having a problem with her eye. It's been going on for a while now and I've been reluctant to take her to the vet because it's a 1 1/2 hour drive away and I've been trying to clear it up myself.

Her eye itself looks okay but the eyelid keeps getting "glued" shut everyday while she's sleeping. When she gets up at night we wash the eye to open it and then rinse it with a boric acid eye wash (intened for animals). Once we do that it seems to be fine.

I know she's tired of us having to do it and fusses a little at us when we do. I want her to be done with this. Does anyone else have any other suggestions? We tried saline solution to which didn't seem to do much.

She seems to see fine once the eye is clean and open.

If anyone has had a similar experience I would love to hear from you.