Hello Everyone,
I am fairly new to the forum but do have a question for any forum members that have experienced a similar issue to that which is currently going on with Cyril.
Cyril is a male Peruvian. He is about 1.5 years old. He has blocked tear ducts which are of course, not a major concern, with proper maintenance care.
Recently however, he's had a new issue arise with his right eye. Initially, it seemed like an eye poke and appeared to be healing just fine with a little intervention on my part - terramycin and regular saline washes. The whitish film they get on their eyes when healing from such an injury has all but disappeared, bringing his eye back to almost normal appearance and I thought he was almost out of the woods, so to speak. Then, today, his eye appeared receded or sunken. Up to this point, the eye was normal aside from the aforementioned characteristics associated with the normal healing process.
He will be going to the vet to address the sunken eye concern, as I know it is a sign of potential infection, but I wanted to see if any of you who have had piggies with blocked tear ducts have experienced something similar, and if so, what did you learn from the experience or what was the outcome?
He does not appear to be in any pain and is acting quite normally in every way. I've had other pigs with congenital sunken eyes and one who had sunken eyes as a result of not receiving proper treatment when young for an eye infection which made it into his cranial nerve and caused a constant back and forth (active) head tilt and eye rolling "tick" which he lived with his entire life without major issues after the infection was beaten. However, I have never encountered this problem with one of my piggies developing a receded eye from an injury or illness while in my care, which is the reason I'm looking for any insight you may be able to provide.
Is the problem associated with the blocked tear duct? Is there any advice you may have which will help make the vet visit more productive? My vet is fantastic but not an exotics specialist. That's fine, as she is very willing to learn along the way and seeks consults as needed. She is also very open to information and knowledge that I bring to the table on the subject of piggies, so anything you might know will be helpful in the vet visit and very much appreciated by both me and Cyril!
I am fairly new to the forum but do have a question for any forum members that have experienced a similar issue to that which is currently going on with Cyril.
Cyril is a male Peruvian. He is about 1.5 years old. He has blocked tear ducts which are of course, not a major concern, with proper maintenance care.
Recently however, he's had a new issue arise with his right eye. Initially, it seemed like an eye poke and appeared to be healing just fine with a little intervention on my part - terramycin and regular saline washes. The whitish film they get on their eyes when healing from such an injury has all but disappeared, bringing his eye back to almost normal appearance and I thought he was almost out of the woods, so to speak. Then, today, his eye appeared receded or sunken. Up to this point, the eye was normal aside from the aforementioned characteristics associated with the normal healing process.
He will be going to the vet to address the sunken eye concern, as I know it is a sign of potential infection, but I wanted to see if any of you who have had piggies with blocked tear ducts have experienced something similar, and if so, what did you learn from the experience or what was the outcome?
He does not appear to be in any pain and is acting quite normally in every way. I've had other pigs with congenital sunken eyes and one who had sunken eyes as a result of not receiving proper treatment when young for an eye infection which made it into his cranial nerve and caused a constant back and forth (active) head tilt and eye rolling "tick" which he lived with his entire life without major issues after the infection was beaten. However, I have never encountered this problem with one of my piggies developing a receded eye from an injury or illness while in my care, which is the reason I'm looking for any insight you may be able to provide.
Is the problem associated with the blocked tear duct? Is there any advice you may have which will help make the vet visit more productive? My vet is fantastic but not an exotics specialist. That's fine, as she is very willing to learn along the way and seeks consults as needed. She is also very open to information and knowledge that I bring to the table on the subject of piggies, so anything you might know will be helpful in the vet visit and very much appreciated by both me and Cyril!
