Guinea Pig Eye Sight

[Cuddles With Cavies]

For a while I’ve wondered if my boy Charlie has some problems with his eye sight. He‘s always been pretty skittish but over the past few months I’ve noticed a slight cloudiness to his eyes. It’s not super noticeable, in fact I only ever really notice it when the suns shining on him. But tonight I noticed something a bit odd on my new piggy spy cam…

Charlie’s eyes are definitely duller than my other two pigs, who are of a similar age to Charlie.

Could he have impaired eyesight? Is there anything I should be doing if he has? He’s pretty skittish but he’s always been that way. Other than that he navigates around just fine.

 

[Piggies&buns]

If you have any concerns about your piggy's eyes, then please do see a vet.

 

[Wiebke]

For a while I’ve wondered if my boy Charlie has some problems with his eye sight. He‘s always been pretty skittish but over the past few months I’ve noticed a slight cloudiness to his eyes. It’s not super noticeable, in fact I only ever really notice it when the suns shining on him. But tonight I noticed something a bit odd on my new piggy spy cam…

Charlie’s eyes are definitely duller than my other two pigs, who are of a similar age to Charlie.

Could he have impaired eyesight? Is there anything I should be doing if he has? He’s pretty skittish but he’s always been that way. Other than that he navigates around just fine.
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Hi!

Please have Charlie vet checked. He may have a cataract or an eye infection. We can only guess. Neither of them is uncommon.

 

[VickiA]

A vet is the best placed to examine and tell you if there’s any problem with the eye.

 

[Viennese Furbabies]

If the vet should diagnose a cataract, please be sure that the vet checks for diabetes as well. Cataracts in both eyes can be a symptome of diabetes.
Of course they can also occcur in elderly or old piggies and some piggies have got a genetic predisposition for cataracts, but in younger piggies cataracts can be the first obvious sign of diabetes.

 

[Freela]

It's worth a vet check to make sure that it isn't a poke or other acute concern that needs antibiotic treatment. Otherwise, pigs can develop cataracts just like people do... I've had a couple cataract pigs and they generally coped quite well with decreased vision. Pigs really can't see that well anyhow. I agree that a check for diabetes is worthwhile because uncontrolled sugars can cause cataracts- that said, my cataract pigs didn't have diabetes and just had age-related cataracts with no other related conditions. Hope this helps a bit!