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Does anyone know if osseus metaplasia/hetero-optic bone formation could cause this?

lauryn1289

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Hi! I just noticed Eggs has a very glazed eye. He has very obvious hetero-optic bone formation already especially when he rotates his eyes. I immediately thought hay poke because him and my other boy Ollie have had them before but he’s not squinting and it’s his whole eye that’s glazed suddenly. The brighter little patches amongst the glazing are pre-existing bone growth in his eye! His eyes have gradually started getting a little patchy in the centre for a while because of it, so the whole eye itself being suddenly glazy is the issue.

He’s not squinting or even uncomfortable like usually with a hay poke but like I couldn’t find any evidence of a hay poke. My other piggy couldn’t possibly have injured his eye because they have a split cage between them. I gave him some Metacam and I’m gonna ring the vet in the morning and get him seen to of course
 

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