JaseChase
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has had any similar experiences to this or if anyone has a clue what might be going on
Tofu (3 year old boar) has been back and forth to the vet in the last 3-4 weeks with ongoing eye issues. Some background on him: he's had haypoke in his right eye 4 times in the last year and a half, three of them resulted in ulcers, one of which was particularly nasty. He now has permanent spots/marks in that right eye, as well as brown staining under his top eyelid, and probably very limited sight on that side. He's on a long term painkiller (dog rheumocam) which has helped him a lot
About four weeks ago I noticed both his eyes looked weepy and he had constant white runny fluid around the lower part of both of them. Took him to the vet, he was on isathal antibiotic eye drops for a week which didn't clear it up, then he was on a steroid eye drop (I think it was dexamethasone) which also had no effect. Today the vet gave me a third and final eye drop to try (Acular, a non-steroidal one) and also put in a referral to an exotics vet because she said she can't diagnose what's going on and he could do with seeing a specialist. She has checked for and ruled out respiratory issues, dental issues, and eye ulcers.
Just wondering if anyone has any similar experiences or clue what might be going on? My vet is good and fairly knowledgable about guinea pigs, she isn't sure what the permanent marks or staining in his right eye are and her best guess about the weepiness/runny eyes is that he's reacting to something in his environment, or he might be sensitive after all the hay pokes. Someone on here before suggested osseous metaplasia and the marks in his eye do look similar to some early pictures of that
Waiting to hear from the exotics vet hopefully soon, not sure how worried I should be. Otherwise he's completely fine, his weight is stable and he's eating and popcorning and still comes running for veggies. He is a bit more irritable than usual and there's been some more dominance between him and Noodle but nothing beyond the ordinary
I'll share some pictures of his eyes below, thank you for any input!
This is the white runny/weepy eyes he's been having the last few weeks (it's on both sides but he'd only pose this way around):
These are the older permanent marks in his right eye:
Tofu (3 year old boar) has been back and forth to the vet in the last 3-4 weeks with ongoing eye issues. Some background on him: he's had haypoke in his right eye 4 times in the last year and a half, three of them resulted in ulcers, one of which was particularly nasty. He now has permanent spots/marks in that right eye, as well as brown staining under his top eyelid, and probably very limited sight on that side. He's on a long term painkiller (dog rheumocam) which has helped him a lot
About four weeks ago I noticed both his eyes looked weepy and he had constant white runny fluid around the lower part of both of them. Took him to the vet, he was on isathal antibiotic eye drops for a week which didn't clear it up, then he was on a steroid eye drop (I think it was dexamethasone) which also had no effect. Today the vet gave me a third and final eye drop to try (Acular, a non-steroidal one) and also put in a referral to an exotics vet because she said she can't diagnose what's going on and he could do with seeing a specialist. She has checked for and ruled out respiratory issues, dental issues, and eye ulcers.
Just wondering if anyone has any similar experiences or clue what might be going on? My vet is good and fairly knowledgable about guinea pigs, she isn't sure what the permanent marks or staining in his right eye are and her best guess about the weepiness/runny eyes is that he's reacting to something in his environment, or he might be sensitive after all the hay pokes. Someone on here before suggested osseous metaplasia and the marks in his eye do look similar to some early pictures of that
Waiting to hear from the exotics vet hopefully soon, not sure how worried I should be. Otherwise he's completely fine, his weight is stable and he's eating and popcorning and still comes running for veggies. He is a bit more irritable than usual and there's been some more dominance between him and Noodle but nothing beyond the ordinary
I'll share some pictures of his eyes below, thank you for any input!
This is the white runny/weepy eyes he's been having the last few weeks (it's on both sides but he'd only pose this way around):
These are the older permanent marks in his right eye: