I think Missy got poked in the eye...
- ChelesGP
- I GAVE, dammit!
I think Missy has gotten poked by a piece of hay or scratched her eye. Her eye (where the color would be) is cloudie and the white part of the eye is blood red. Her bottom eye lid is a little swollen. Everything else is normal, eating, drinking, peeing and pooping. She is acting a little skiddish because I don't think she can see out of that eye. Anything else I can do til I can get her into the vet in the morning? Should I seperated her from her cagemate?
- ChelesGP
- I GAVE, dammit!
Back from the vet's. Missy appearently did scratch her eye which is now ulcerated and infected. After numbing the eye and staining it, it appears to be only on the surface of her eye. The vet also did some type of (I believe) cytology test on the bacterica and is also having it cultured just to be sure what we are dealing with. The vet is treating this very aggressively so that the infection does not become systemic. Missy is on bactrim twice a day, metacam once a day, BNP oththalmic ointment every four hours, and gentacin drops every four hours. Also, eye lubercating eye drop because her eye is very dry. At this point Missy has no vision in her eye and it just depends on how early we caught this infection on weather or not she will regain her sight. Does this sound like the right treatment for her? Are we missing anything?
Wow that's a lot. When my pig scratched her eye (corneal ulcer) we gave her the opthalmic ointment but it didn't work, then switched to Ciloxan and Atropine(AB eye drops), with Meloxicam. We now have her on human artificial tears, and some new anti-inflammatory drops. Nothing is really working.. it's all scar tissue.
- ChelesGP
- I GAVE, dammit!
Missy has shown little improvement today. The only difference in her eye is that her bottom lid is not as swollen. She is still unable to blink her eye. I have been doing her meds as prescribed, even getting up through the night. If this treatment is going to work, how soon should I start seeing improvements? Maybe 2-3 days?