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Piggy Closing One Eye

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Shikha

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My new little piggy who is just a couple of months old( dont know the exact age) is slightly closing her left eye for a couple of days now. She is eating normal, playing with her sister pooping and everything else is fine. Some times its completely open other times just a little bit smaller than the other and other times nearly closed. I check her eyes everyday there is no water no redness nothing. What the problem?
 
I would have her checked out by a vet. She may have a hay poke or infection. It is clearly troubling her. Guinea pigs hide any sign of illness or pain so her acting as normal does not mean she is feeling poorly.
 
As they are prey species piggies are great at hiding illness and pain. Closing the eye would be a sign of pain, so i would get your little one checked by a vet in case you have an injury, infection or ulcer.

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The vet gave me chlorodex eye ear drops.
It contains- chloramphenicol, dexamethasone, hydroxy propyl, methyl cellulose.
Is it safe. This vet is basically more experienced in dogs and cat.
Should i use this drops on my piggy she is just a baby around 3 mnths old.
 
chlorodex eye ear drops.
It contains- chloramphenicol, dexamethasone, hydroxy propyl, methyl cellulose.
Is it safe.
Should i use this drops on my piggy she is just a baby around 3 mnths old.
She is closing her left eye slightly sometimes.
There is no redness or anything. Doc thinks it could be cause she accidently scratched her eye.
Plz help
 
Difficult to comment without picture of the eye problem - are you able to post one please?

Firstly - for the benefit of UK forum members - Shikh is in a different country/climate to the UK. Dubai is much hotter and drier, therefore different treatments may be preferred.

e.g. In tropical climates, even humans with an infection are given 2 or 3x dose of antibiotics they would be given in UK.

What you have been given Shikha is an antibiotic (chloramphenicol) - plus a steroid - (dexa) - the rest is just "fillers" ...or "excipients" to give them their technical term i.e. The last two are not pharmacologically active.

Although this is quite a "strong" medication - you are in a hot country so it is probably justified.

IF there is an infection, then these eyedrops should be OK...providing the bug is not resistant to chloramphenicol.

Give it for 3 days as per instructions and if no improvement - or it worsens- you need to go back to the vet.

Hope this helps
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Did the vet use an orange/green dye to look at the surface of the eye to rule out ulcer/scratch to the eyeball? Difficult to determine from the picture exactly what is wrong....but it doesn;t look like a typical haypoke injury to me. Could be a hayseed or dust speck has lodged in the corner of the eye, could be conjunctivitis or even an infection behind the eye, or could just be the eye is dry because cleaning fluid (milky white) is not being produced by the gland which might be blocked/infected

You should use the drops your vet has prescribed - if there is no change after 3 days or it gets worse then you need to go back to the vet for further investigation.

HTH
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Pebble said:
Did the vet use an orange/green dye to look at the surface of the eye to rule out ulcer/scratch to the eyeball? Difficult to determine from the picture exactly what is wrong....but it doesn;t look like a typical haypoke injury to me. Could be a hayseed or dust speck has lodged in the corner of the eye, could be conjunctivitis or even an infection behind the eye, or could just be the eye is dry because cleaning fluid (milky white) is not being produced by the gland which might be blocked/infected

You should use the drops your vet has prescribed - if there is no change after 3 days or it gets worse then you need to go back to the vet for further investigation.

HTH
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He did not do any of the above he just checked with a torch. And said everything seems fine maybe she cratched her eye with her nails and told me to give her these drops and everything will be fine. I havent still used these drops cause I'm not sure can u advise anyother kind of drops that are piggy safe for sure.
Thanks
 
I do not understand why you still feel unable to give the drops.....eye issues need to be treated quickly otherwise they can become much worse and the piggie could end up losing the eye.


Why do you think the drops you have are unsafe?

Eye drops/ointments contain the following active ingredients
a) an antibiotic - which could be chloramphenicol or fucithalmic acid or polymyxin or neomycin or others/ combination depending upon the type of infection.
b) They may or may not also contain a steroid.

My piggies have had numerous types of eye drops over the years depending upon the type of eye problem - one of which was chloramphenicol/steroid eye drops you have been given. I would expect my vet to prescribe something similar if my piggie's eye looked like yours.
I trust my vet to decide the best treatment. If I was worried about what had been prescribed I would discuss it with my vet. Any other alternative medication would still need a prescription from a vet.

My "advice" still is


Pebble said:
You should use the drops your vet has prescribed - if there is no change after 3 days or it gets worse then you need to go back to the vet for further investigation.

HTH
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I'm still uncomfortable as these are just over the counter human medicine. I just wanna be 200% sure. The vets here are more into cats not experienced in rodents.
That why i wanted advice from people here as they are far more experienced than me.
 
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Shikha said:
I'm still uncomfortable as these are just over the counter human medicine. I just wanna be 200% sure. The vets here are more into cats not experienced in rodents.
That why i wanted advice from people here as they are far more experienced than me.
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As Pebble has said use the eye drops as your vet has prescribed, I can understand you feeling worried, but please don't. Even over here in the UK vets will prescribe medicines licensed for other animals such as cats or dogs or even humans because there are so few guinea pig medicines available.You're vet will have prescribed the drops for a reason and as pebble says they are not an uncommon combination for this problem. I hope the drops can make her eye feel better .
 
I would use the drops too, quite often human medications are used for veterinary purposes. The sooner you treat the eye the better.
 
Shikha said:
I'm still uncomfortable as these are just over the counter human medicine. I just wanna be 200% sure. The vets here are more into cats not experienced in rodents.
That why i wanted advice from people here as they are far more experienced than me.
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OK Now I understand your concern. Over here the animal eye drops prescribed for piggies are the sames ones given to cats and dogs. If you have human ones, it is unlikely they are stronger as eyes are eyes no matter what the mammal. To set your mind at rest:

CHLORODEX Dexamethasone sodium phosphate 0.1 % & chloramphenicol 0.5% Eye Drop Nipa Pharmaceuticals Ltd.


I can confirm these are the same strength as the ones given to piggies/cats/dogs etc

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