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Help! Blind guinea pig?

mytwomaleguineas

mytwomaleguineas

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What do I do? My guinea pig was fine yesterday but today cookie is scared to come out of his cage to his playpen. I thought it could be sound but walnut was perfectly fine. Cookie on the other hand has very watery eyes. Walnut has normal eyes. But I don’t think it’s pain because cookie keeps popcorning. What happened? Is he blind?
 
Swissgreys said:
Your guinea pig will not just suddenly go blind.
He may however have an eye injury like a hay poke which could cause watery eyes.

It really is best to have him seen by a vet to investigate his eyes and sudden change in behaviour.
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Ok thank you I will get him checked out. How soon does it have to be? Yesterday he was fine it just started this morning. To make an appointment, the earliest they have is on Wednesday
 
mytwomaleguineas said:
Ok thank you I will get him checked out. How soon does it have to be? Yesterday he was fine it just started this morning. To make an appointment, the earliest they have is on Wednesday
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Take the Wednesday appointment but try and see if they have a cancellation and you can get him seen sooner. Eyes are classed as emergencies and getting them seen within 24 hours is preferable as the earlier an eye injury is treated the better
 
Swissgreys said:
Your guinea pig will not just suddenly go blind.
He may however have an eye injury like a hay poke which could cause watery eyes.

It really is best to have him seen by a vet to investigate his eyes and sudden change in behaviour.
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Just got him checked a few hours ago! Thankfully nothings wrong. We had a few big earthquakes near us so probably that spooked him. Wonder why walnut isn’t scared though. Interesting piggies
 
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