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Goopy Eyes In Bath?

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Reese_Oreo_4_ever

Reese_Oreo_4_ever

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Every time that i give my GPs a bath in the sink Reese's eyes always get kind of watery. They start looking like they have white goop in the corner of both eyes! This has never happend to my other pig Oreo. The weird part is that I made SURE that i didnt get soap in her eyes...could it be from temp change maybe? :help:
 
The white fluid is actually cleaning fluid - guinea pigs don't have eye lids to clean, so they use that milky fluid for that purpose. Bathing can trigger it.
 
Guinea pig upper eyelids are not as mobile as our. We use ours to clean the eyes, guinea pigs don't. Just compare a human eyelid to guinea pig one and see how often a piggy blinks compared to us!
 
Wiebke said:
Guinea pig upper eyelids are not as mobile as our. We use ours to clean the eyes, guinea pigs don't. Just compare a human eyelid to guinea pig one and see how often a piggy blinks compared to us!
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