Discharge from left eye post antibiotics

[Winnie&Junior]

Hello! My Winnie had an eye infection and was given chloramphenicol as his antibiotic and an antivesibular as well. Once he takes the medication, about ten minutes later ONLY his left eye begins to ooze white milky discharge. I know it’s usually healthy for guinea pigs to have this discharge but does anyone know why he has it on one eye and it’s only when he gets his medication? Thank in advance!

 

[Wiebke]

Hello! My Winnie had an eye infection and was given chloramphenicol as his antibiotic and an antivesibular as well. Once he takes the medication, about ten minutes later ONLY his left eye begins to ooze white milky discharge. I know it’s usually healthy for guinea pigs to have this discharge but does anyone know why he has it on one eye and it’s only when he gets his medication? Thank in advance!

Hi!

Is the chloramphenicol oral or applied in drop or gel form to the eye itself?

And which eye is reacting - the one with the infection or the other one, or is your vet treating for a conjunctivitis in both eyes? Is your piggy being treated for a conjunctivitis or an infection/injury to the eye itself?

Without a bit more information, our guesses will be just that and have only as much merit as that.

 

[Winnie&Junior]

Hi!

Is the chloramphenicol oral or applied in drop or gel form to the eye itself?

And which eye is reacting - the one with the infection or the other one, or is your vet treating for a conjunctivitis in both eyes? Is your piggy being treated for a conjunctivitis or an infection/injury to the eye itself?

Without a bit more information, our guesses will be just that and have only as much merit as that.

He’s actually being treated for an ear infection! The liquid comes out of his left eye after I give him the antibiotic, although I didn’t see the milky liquid today. I’m not sure if it’s a reaction from the antibiotic or it went away after getting used to the antibiotic. Sorry for the confusion, I’m not really sure myself how this could be happening!

 

[Winnie&Junior]

He’s actually being treated for an ear infection! The liquid comes out of his left eye after I give him the antibiotic, although I didn’t see the milky liquid today. I’m not sure if it’s a reaction from the antibiotic or it went away after getting used to the antibiotic. Sorry for the confusion, I’m not really sure myself how this could be happening!

Hi!

Is the chloramphenicol oral or applied in drop or gel form to the eye itself?

And which eye is reacting - the one with the infection or the other one, or is your vet treating for a conjunctivitis in both eyes? Is your piggy being treated for a conjunctivitis or an infection/injury to the eye itself?

Without a bit more information, our guesses will be just that and have only as much merit as that.

It’s also an oral antibiotic!

 

[Wiebke]

It’s also an oral antibiotic!

Hi!

Thank you for adding the necessary background information. If it is a question on an ongoing case, then please pick up the original thread via the Find Thread/Your thread button by the top bar on the home page to keep all relevant information on the same ongoing case together for better support over longer periods.
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The milky liquid is cleaning fluid. Please keep in mind that nasal cavities and ears are all connected so that a sensitivity in the ear while it is healing can easily trigger a reaction like an eye clean (in a human, your eye would water).

PS: I did ask in my first post whether your piggy was on oral or topical chloramphenicol.

 

[Winnie&Junior]

Hi!

Thank you for adding the necessary background information. If it is a question on an ongoing case, then please pick up the original thread via the Find Thread/Your thread button by the top bar on the home page to keep all relevant information on the same ongoing case together for better support over longer periods.
We are all doing this for free in our own free time (as we have it), so none of us will ever read everything or can be expected to remember the exact circumstances from days or weeks back in view of the number of different threads we jump in between whenever we are on here.
Unlike social media, we do not rely on generating lots of new posts and can keep any support threads going for as long as needed.

The milky liquid is cleaning fluid. Please keep in mind that nasal cavities and ears are all connected so that a sensitivity in the ear while it is healing can easily trigger a reaction like an eye clean (in a human, your eye would water).

PS: I did ask in my first post whether your piggy was on oral or topical chloramphenicol.

Yeah I’m new to this, I realized after my first response you asked about the antibiotic so I sent another response, sorry for the confusion and thanks for the tips/advice on the discharge! I appreciate it.