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Conjunctiva

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whats the difference in a droopy eye and conjunctiva?

duke eyes has got a little worse it doesnt hang down loads but when youy look down you can see the pinkyness under the eyelid, where is drooping slightly which you cant on the other one..anyone have any pics/advice please..
 
When one of my hammies had conjunctivtus he had a runny eye with a very red and inflamed eyelid, not sure if it's the same in piggies though?
 
Conjunctiva is not a disease or anything, it's the name for the tissue covering the outer surface of the eye (conjunctivitis is a disease of the eye and it's almost always caused by bacterial infection).

Droopy eye is normally called fatty eye or pea eye. It is where the tissue mentioned above is inflamed and protrudes. http://www.guinealynx.com/eyes.html#pea has got some good info on pea eye.
 
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