Frosting's eye
- Mum
- I GAVE, dammit!
One of her eyes has a problem:
I can't seem to get a good picture, but I think you can get the general idea from this picture.
I've read this thread:
https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewt ... hlight=eye
And this one:
https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewt ... &start=300
I'm wondering if this is the 'corneal melting' that Charybdis talks about?
My vet is out of town for a month, so I'm thinking I may have to take her down to Dr. Ridgeway in Long Beach in the next week or two.
She's a really quiet pig - almost floppy when picked up. Never runs away, just sits put when The Hand comes in to grab her. She eats fine, and she can walk ok, but she does tend to stay in one spot.
So, all is not right with this girl. I sure hope she isn't another special needs pig.
I can't seem to get a good picture, but I think you can get the general idea from this picture.
I've read this thread:
https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewt ... hlight=eye
And this one:
https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewt ... &start=300
I'm wondering if this is the 'corneal melting' that Charybdis talks about?
My vet is out of town for a month, so I'm thinking I may have to take her down to Dr. Ridgeway in Long Beach in the next week or two.
She's a really quiet pig - almost floppy when picked up. Never runs away, just sits put when The Hand comes in to grab her. She eats fine, and she can walk ok, but she does tend to stay in one spot.
So, all is not right with this girl. I sure hope she isn't another special needs pig.
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- Little Jo Wheek
I can't tell 100% from the pic. If it is really opaque and really white, I'm voting for the osseous metaplasia/choriostoma. Most of my old pigs seem to develop this at some point and to some degree. My 7-8 year old sow just has small areas that have come up over the past year. A sow that lived with her for some time (and came from the same cavy-breeding mill) had almost 50% of each eye affected towards the end of her life. I lost her about 7 months ago. I'm pretty sure she was fairly blind. She used her cagemate to help navigate around the cage towards the end.
There is not any treatment for this and the ophthalmologists still don't know what cause this condition. At least, that is the information I've gotten in the past year by talking to specialists.
If it is an injury and an ulcer, it will certainly worsen without appropriate treatment.
There is not any treatment for this and the ophthalmologists still don't know what cause this condition. At least, that is the information I've gotten in the past year by talking to specialists.
If it is an injury and an ulcer, it will certainly worsen without appropriate treatment.
- Mum
- I GAVE, dammit!
Yes, it's totally opaque in the jagged areas, and around the outside of her cornea, all around the eye (only that eye, not the other one). It doesn't look like an ulcer - more like almost raised opaque pieces (if that makes sense).
I had thought she was a younger pig - she had very long, twisted curly nails, but she doesn't seem to have what I usually call 'old feet.' of course I could be very wrong.
When we get to a vet, I suppose I'll get a full body xray and see if we can tell roughly how old she is. Her cagemate doesn't look particularly old to me either, but I could be way off. (These pigs were dumped outside a petstore).
I'll see if I can get a better picture.
If she is old, then I suppose I need to get an xray of her heart too - she's far too quiet.
I had thought she was a younger pig - she had very long, twisted curly nails, but she doesn't seem to have what I usually call 'old feet.' of course I could be very wrong.
When we get to a vet, I suppose I'll get a full body xray and see if we can tell roughly how old she is. Her cagemate doesn't look particularly old to me either, but I could be way off. (These pigs were dumped outside a petstore).
I'll see if I can get a better picture.
If she is old, then I suppose I need to get an xray of her heart too - she's far too quiet.
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- Little Jo Wheek
I'm not saying she couldn't be young, but of the 6-10 pigs I've had with the problem, they've all been older than 4 years (documentable).
I don't see why this alone (if it is osseous metaplasia/choriostoma) would be a problem since it needs no treatment, only monitoring, but she may indeed have other more concerning unrelated problems.
I don't see why this alone (if it is osseous metaplasia/choriostoma) would be a problem since it needs no treatment, only monitoring, but she may indeed have other more concerning unrelated problems.