SomethingFunny
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2014
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- Joined
- Jan 8, 2014
- Messages
- 228
Hi everyone,
Last night my guinea pig hamlet had a little bit of dry crust around her right eye. I noticed she had a lot of hay dust on that side of her face so I hoped she had just gotten some dust in her eye and it had watered and then dried. She seemed fine and energetic otherwise so I wiped it off with a warm cloth and decided to watch and wait. This morning the crust was still gone so I assumed she was fine. Tonight when I got home from work there was some crust again (not as much as the first time) and a little on the other eye as well. Then I noticed she was limping a little, favoring her back left leg. I couldn't tell if the knee was swollen but it felt a little warm. I'm calling the vet tomorrow morning to try to get an appointment ASAP. In the meantime do you have any first aid suggestions? I can't imagine how the leg and eye issue could be related but the timing seems too much for coincidence. Does anyone have any thoughts about what I might be dealing with? I still have antibiotics and bene-bac from when one of my pigs had a URI a few years ago, should I start dosing her?
I'm so scared for her.
Last night my guinea pig hamlet had a little bit of dry crust around her right eye. I noticed she had a lot of hay dust on that side of her face so I hoped she had just gotten some dust in her eye and it had watered and then dried. She seemed fine and energetic otherwise so I wiped it off with a warm cloth and decided to watch and wait. This morning the crust was still gone so I assumed she was fine. Tonight when I got home from work there was some crust again (not as much as the first time) and a little on the other eye as well. Then I noticed she was limping a little, favoring her back left leg. I couldn't tell if the knee was swollen but it felt a little warm. I'm calling the vet tomorrow morning to try to get an appointment ASAP. In the meantime do you have any first aid suggestions? I can't imagine how the leg and eye issue could be related but the timing seems too much for coincidence. Does anyone have any thoughts about what I might be dealing with? I still have antibiotics and bene-bac from when one of my pigs had a URI a few years ago, should I start dosing her?
I'm so scared for her.