Guinea pig eyes

[phoebe jenkinson]

Hi I got one 0 my guinea pigs out today and one of his eyes didn’t look right it kept closing slightly and had like a blue tint to it and looked irritated I will be taking him to the vets, but does anybody know what could’ve caused this?

 

[Eriathwen]

Usually a blue tint is from a corneal ulcer, usually caused by a poke in the eye from hay. Some eye stain to check the eye and some antibiotic eyes drops from the vet and he will likely be better in no time eyes heal very quickly, although eye injuries are very painful so do try to get him seen as soon as possible. Well spotted!

 

[Wiebke]

A pulled-in and/or watering eye is a painful eye.

Please have it vet checked for a potential injury or something stuck under a lid. Vets have a special dye to assess any damage to the cornea under uv light because it is not necessarily visible to the naked eye. Non-bleeding potential eye injuries should be ideally seen within 24 hours because they can deteriorate very quickly. The sooner you treat, the sooner the eye will heal.

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All the best.