I bought 2 little girls from a 'personal family' yesterday. 11-12 wks old. There were 8 in a tiny cage and if i could have taken them all then i would have. (Remind me to never get from anyone like this again)
Anyway i got them home and the smaller one (piaff) has a bluey eye, I'm 99% certain that it is a cataract and she is in fact blind in that eye. Other than that she is totally healthy.
The bigger one (pixie), we noticed is limping. She puts no weight on her back right foot at all. She is running around and happy enough just wont put her foot down. I would say shes been like this for a while as she has adapted to making fast movememnts even without the use of that foot.
They were sooo dirty, scruffy and nails were black so gave them a bath last night, put some tea tree cream on pixies foot because both back feet are swollen and red and cracked. Looks itchy.
After looking a little more closely i have noticed theres a long hard line at the bottom of the said foot, like theres an extra toe trying to go through ?!?! Weird, i know.
The guy said he was just feeding them grass from the garden and i dont remmebr seeing any water bottles close.
I gave them hay and a little grass on top of their pellet food bowl to try and wean them on to pellets so they're all eating the same( i have 2 boys too)
They're eating the pellets ok, seem to have forgotten what grass is and the hay is going down slowly but i havent seen either of them touch the water. I put a full bottle up and a bowl too incase they were struggling with the bottle but it hasnt moved.
Vet appointment booked for tonight but just wanted to see if you guys have any ideas.
Thanks guys
Anyway i got them home and the smaller one (piaff) has a bluey eye, I'm 99% certain that it is a cataract and she is in fact blind in that eye. Other than that she is totally healthy.
The bigger one (pixie), we noticed is limping. She puts no weight on her back right foot at all. She is running around and happy enough just wont put her foot down. I would say shes been like this for a while as she has adapted to making fast movememnts even without the use of that foot.
They were sooo dirty, scruffy and nails were black so gave them a bath last night, put some tea tree cream on pixies foot because both back feet are swollen and red and cracked. Looks itchy.
After looking a little more closely i have noticed theres a long hard line at the bottom of the said foot, like theres an extra toe trying to go through ?!?! Weird, i know.
The guy said he was just feeding them grass from the garden and i dont remmebr seeing any water bottles close.
I gave them hay and a little grass on top of their pellet food bowl to try and wean them on to pellets so they're all eating the same( i have 2 boys too)
They're eating the pellets ok, seem to have forgotten what grass is and the hay is going down slowly but i havent seen either of them touch the water. I put a full bottle up and a bowl too incase they were struggling with the bottle but it hasnt moved.
Vet appointment booked for tonight but just wanted to see if you guys have any ideas.
Thanks guys
