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Eye problem, expert help required please

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Eye Discharge
Normal Cavies excrete a milky white liquid which lubricates their eyes and is used to help them clean their faces. After the eye fills up with the white fluid, the guinea pig will then take their front paws and make washing motions. This may happen several times per day although you may never even notice. VC Richardson describes a "milky ocular discharge" as "a normal fluid which is released from the eye as part of the grooming process."

Alan kept getting a discharge from his eye this afternoon exactly as above! Is it normal to suddenly start doing it?

I've never seen it before and was surprised to see it's normal. It fills up his eye then he washes (I thought he was itching!) his face with it. Then it just disappears. His eyes are otherwise crust free and bright!

Has anyone else seen their piggy do this?!
 
Alan&Barry said:
Eye Discharge
Normal Cavies excrete a milky white liquid which lubricates their eyes and is used to help them clean their faces. After the eye fills up with the white fluid, the guinea pig will then take their front paws and make washing motions. This may happen several times per day although you may never even notice. VC Richardson describes a "milky ocular discharge" as "a normal fluid which is released from the eye as part of the grooming process."

Alan kept getting a discharge from his eye this afternoon exactly as above! Is it normal to suddenly start doing it?

I've never seen it before and was surprised to see it's normal. It fills up his eye then he washes (I thought he was itching!) his face with it. Then it just disappears. His eyes are otherwise crust free and bright!

Has anyone else seen their piggy do this?!
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My Big Dave pig always produces too much eye goo - he's had his eyes checked out, they're healthy, he's also had a trial run of antihistamines to determine whether it was an allergy, which made no difference. It's just him I think... He does clean them as mentioned above, but sometimes he just gets too much goo. Never any huge amounts, it doesnt get crusty or anything. I dunno where I'm going with this, and I'm not being particularly helpful! lol
 
Hanwombat said:
mine do it quite a bit - esp Jake :)
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I've never sene it before; I panicked like heck especially after losing Barry last week. I thought he had some kind of horrible infectious disease!

He had a playmate round today and he licked it off! Is that normal?!
 
Amanda1801 said:
My Big Dave pig always produces too much eye goo - he's had his eyes checked out, they're healthy, he's also had a trial run of antihistamines to determine whether it was an allergy, which made no difference. It's just him I think... He does clean them as mentioned above, but sometimes he just gets too much goo. Never any huge amounts, it doesnt get crusty or anything. I dunno where I'm going with this, and I'm not being particularly helpful! lol
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Haha-That does help alot. Thanks :)) Nice to know he's not some kind of weird unique....grim piggy!
 
Alan&Barry said:
I've never sene it before; I panicked like heck especially after losing Barry last week. I thought he had some kind of horrible infectious disease!

He had a playmate round today and he licked it off! Is that normal?!
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Yeah :) Lentil does it to Jake
 
My pig Linney gets it more noticeably in the grass... I think that the grass or dirt may irritate her eyes a bit and thus she creates more 'tears' to wash it out. I do see some white discharge in the corner of her eyes from time to time- more than I notice with my other piggie, so it may vary according to the individual.
 
Noticed it with the boys, but have never seen it with the girls :)

awwwww i'm sorry you went into panick mode......it's still too soon after darling Barry has gone to the bridge :(

BIG HUGS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 
I know, I'm a worried piggy mum!

Alan's playdate went well and he had a sleep over last night!

I came down early this morning and they were cuddled up together!
 
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