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Eye infection?
- Thread starter Ruby200e
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Hi!
If in doubt, please see a vet promptly. Eye injuries can deteriorate very quickly without it being obvious to the naked eye.
If it is a transparent crust, then it is dried watery fluid from an irritation or injury. Any persistent watering or squinting, a pulled in eye (pain) or a visibly bulging should be seen promptly by a vet.
Milky white crusts are spilled and dried eye cleaning fluid.
Thick yellowish/greenish crusts are from a well developed upper respiratory tract infection.
Slightly blue tinged gunk that collects in dot or a film on the eye surface is an ulcerating infection resulting from a scratched or penetrated cornea. It can look like whitish/slightly greyish gunk if it is washed out. Please have any ulceration seen as quickly as possible to prevent any infection getting deeper into the eye, which makes them a lot more difficult to treat.
If seen promptly, any but very bad hay pokes usually heal pretty straight forward with the appropriate treatment.
Since eye treatment and the necessary medication are the same as in god or cats, any halfway decent vet should be able to assess any damage with a special dye under UV light and prescribe any necessary antibiotic drops or gels.
All the best!