rolandinthehay
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
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- Joined
- May 29, 2013
- Messages
- 314
Hi all,
We noticed yesterday that Reggie's (~6 months, 908g) eye was all cloudy. We took him in this afternoon and the eye was stained - a green circle showed up in the lower corner of his eye, which the vet said was an ulcer. There was also redness surrounding it, and kinda what looked like a bump? Anyway, he gave us some tobramycin drops and lubricant to give twice daily (1 drop each time), 30 mins apart. He wants to have us back in 3 days to see the progress. Does this seem about right? I have never dealt with eye issues and I don't want to give the wrong medication and hurt the little guy.
I'm hoping it will heal well. Do they normally once treated? How long should it take? The vet was a bit hard to understand, hence the asking here. He mentioned maybe having to do some surgical procedure - not to remove the eye, but to "scrape" the ulcer off? I can't remember his exact words. Is that something that's normally done in guinea pigs?
We noticed yesterday that Reggie's (~6 months, 908g) eye was all cloudy. We took him in this afternoon and the eye was stained - a green circle showed up in the lower corner of his eye, which the vet said was an ulcer. There was also redness surrounding it, and kinda what looked like a bump? Anyway, he gave us some tobramycin drops and lubricant to give twice daily (1 drop each time), 30 mins apart. He wants to have us back in 3 days to see the progress. Does this seem about right? I have never dealt with eye issues and I don't want to give the wrong medication and hurt the little guy.
I'm hoping it will heal well. Do they normally once treated? How long should it take? The vet was a bit hard to understand, hence the asking here. He mentioned maybe having to do some surgical procedure - not to remove the eye, but to "scrape" the ulcer off? I can't remember his exact words. Is that something that's normally done in guinea pigs?
