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Hi

I hope someone can help, one of my young sows seems to have an inturned eyelid.
I can see the hair around her lower eyelid is starting to irritate her eye and she keeps squinting.
Is there anything that can be done without an operation?

Ive looked on Guinea Lynx, but cannot find any relevant info.

Thanks, Bonnie
 
Hi Bonnie, I have heard of this condition but the names is evading me at the moment (thinking along the lines of keratitis? Not sure), and until I remember the name I'm not 100% on treatment recommendations.

In the meantime, perhaps an eye ointment may soothe the eye, until the cause (i.e. the hairs) can be removed?
 
Missbonbon said:
Hi

I hope someone can help, one of my young sows seems to have an inturned eyelid.
I can see the hair around her lower eyelid is starting to irritate her eye and she keeps squinting.
Is there anything that can be done without an operation?

Ive looked on Guinea Lynx, but cannot find any relevant info.

Thanks, Bonnie
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It's called fatty eye, and it's harmless, you can get something to get rid of it though.
 
pigpig479 said:
It's called fatty eye, and it's harmless, you can get something to get rid of it though.
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Fatty eye is something completely different. I'd be interested to know what it is you can get to get rid of it.
 
wind1 said:
Fatty eye is something completely different. I'd be interested to know what it is you can get to get rid of it.
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I think it's an injection, most small animal vet's know, it'll probaly cost £20-£40.
i thought Fatty eye is where the eyelid sticks out a bit and sometimes, can have hair growing on it? If it isn't then what is it? As i'm still learning! but i could be wrong, a photo would be helpfull!
THANKS
 
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pigpig479 said:
I think it's an injection, most small animal vet's know, it'll probaly cost £20-£40.
i thought Fatty eye is where the eyelid sticks out a bit and sometimes, can have hair growing on it? If it isn't then what is it? As i'm still learning! but i could be wrong, a photo would be helpfull!
THANKS
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Thanks, but I have owed piggies for over 10 years and I am well aware of what fatty eye is and this is not it.
This situation is that the lower eyelid has not quite developed properly and instead of there being an eyelid then hair underneath, the hair is directly under the eye and going into it, irritating it.

Thanks you Laura for your link, very interesting.
 
Hi everyone just logged on and saw this one, we had a little girl born with an eyelid that sounds just like this, we took her to the vets and was given some cream that we had to put on and if I remember rightly (it was 13 odd years ago) we had to very gently tease the eyelid into the correct position after creaming being very careful not to scratch her cornea - poor little love the eyelashes were so irritating to her. I also had a very large american crested boar with fatty eye I never found out what caused it I assumed it was because he ate so much! does anyone know the cause. I logged on for an eye problem as one of my pigs has a weepy eye I've bought some Optrex infected eye drops but I have no idea of the dose can anyone help? being new to this should I post this somewhere else?
 
Missbonbon said:
Thanks, but I have owed piggies for over 10 years and I am well aware of what fatty eye is and this is not it.
This situation is that the lower eyelid has not quite developed properly and instead of there being an eyelid then hair underneath, the hair is directly under the eye and going into it, irritating it.

Thanks you Laura for your link, very interesting.
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Ok, thanks!
 
Fatty eye is fairly common in guinea pigs, leave well alone.
As for ingrowing eye lashes, I remove them with a pair of tweezers.
I suppose I should use the warning that is on some TV programmes "Don't try this at home"
 
alcesterpigs said:
Fatty eye is fairly common in guinea pigs, leave well alone.
As for ingrowing eye lashes, I remove them with a pair of tweezers.
I suppose I should use the warning that is on some TV programmes "Don't try this at home"
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Ouch!
Its not the eyelashes going in her eye, its the hair below the eyelid. Piggies dont have eyelashes do they? Not sure if your comment above was a joke, but I would never remove this amount of hair with tweezers.
Any other suggestions?
 
Inclined to agree with you Bonnie, maybe those with enough experience are confident with it as a form of treatment - and it could well be the best treatment possible for the condition - but not something I'd do myself!

You could try eye drops to soothe the eye, until you can figure out what to do? The vets would probably prescribe Fucithalmic eye drops, or you could try human OTC drops like Brolene or Optrex.
 
When it comes to actual treatment everything is serious, no jokes.
Eyelashes are present in guinea pigs.

If, as you say, it is the hair below the eyelid causing the problem, then the treatment is probably easier than dealing with ingrowing eyelashes. Remove the hair with an appropriately shaped pair of scissors.

You did ask what the treatment would be, it is upto you whether or not you do it yourself. Like most procedures it is easy with experience/practice but it not recommended if you have even the slightest doubt in your ability to do what is necessary safely and at no risk to the pig.
If you do ask the vet to trim the hair there is no need to either sedate or anaesthetise the pig.
 
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Hi my name is Karen and I have just joined the forum.

I agree with Laura-CCC4 it is indeed an entropion. Although I have never had a piggy with this condition, I work in the Eye Department of a hospital and type letters about humans who have this condition.

Professional help is the way I would def go. I think with humans they somehow turn the lid *** to what position it should be in. If the lashes are turned in this would usually be treated with cryo or electrolysis in a human and I am sure a VET would go along the same lines.

I hope your piggy gets better soon.
 
Ginger has entropion and when he was a young lad had an operation to try to put it right. The vet at the time warned that he may need a further operation later in life as he grew older. He has been absoutely fine this past year but he has developed irritation in his eye again recently.

I got two vets opinions over the last few days who have both confimed that he will need to have another op as the skin/fur is once again causing an abrasion and scarring on the cornea. (This can be seen by putting some dye into the piggie's eye)

Not all vets will feel comfortable about deciding whether surgery is necessary or indeed performing the surgery itself as it is a relatively rare but not unknown condition in piggies, so you need to go to (or ask to be referred to) a vet with experience who can determine if surgery will indeed be necessary.

The surgical approach by every vet I've talked to is cautious: only a small amount of tissue is either removed or cut and re-sewn and a wait and see approach adopted as they don;t want to remove too much in case the piggie can;t use his eyelid properly in later life.

The bottom line for your piggie is whether abrasion and scarring of the cornea can be prevented by non-surgical means and that will depend upon the extent of the entropion itself.

Hope this helps
 
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