Help! Discharge in the eye?

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Hi guys, ... I'm so worried about my new baby guinea pig Peanut. I'm an avid guinea pig lover and just got the poor little baby to be a buddy with my older boar Coco (who loves him so much and grooms him and plays with him very well, so I don't think any fight injury is in order)...

Anyway, my baby guinea named Peanut is secreting milky white discharge at the front of his eyes (it looks exactly like the NORMAL milky white discharge example picture at guinea lynx ), and although the white discharge seems normal, it has been an entire day and he is still squinting his eye and blinking it (even after I wiped at it with a warm wet cloth), though when I wipe at it he makes no fuss at all, so I'm confused as to whether or not he is in pain. He is playing normally and very active, still vocal and eating right as well as drinking and going to the bathroom okay... What could possibly be the issue? I'm panicking and I can't discern whether or not his eye is swollen or puffy or if I'm just imagining it because I'm so worried and panicky. Here are some attached photos:

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Peanut's injured eye
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When I try to raise the eyelid of the seemingly "sick eye"
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Peanut's normal eye
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Peanut's normal eye, eyelids gently propped up for comparison

PLEASE help, guys. I'm a college student and I've checked if there are any exotic vets specialists around and I've found none that are NOT more than 60 miles away and I've got no access to a car (one of my friends had taken it out and gotten into an accident, and now it's completely out of comission... go figure, when I NEED it most). I've checked all the bus routes that go around the school and nothing stops near any animal hospital either that has experience with and can care for guinea pigs, that I've heard or know of. Did Peanut just poke his eye on some hay? Does he have an infection? I just got Peanut from the pet store yesterday and I'm so heartbroken about it because I treat my piggies as if they were babies. PLEASE, please, help us!

 

[klee]

Based upon you first picture, he appears to be squinting which may suggest he potentially has a hay poke. This is what Rosie's eye looked like and was very watery, it then ulcerated. Where about are you based? We may have a member near by who can advise you on vets.
How long has Peanut been like this? I would get him to a vet, if you can't get to an exotics it is worth just going to your local vet , they may give some antibiotic eyedrops if it is a poke which clear the problem up very quickly.

 

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Based upon you first picture, he appears to be squinting which may suggest he potentially has a hay poke. This is what Rosie's eye looked like and was very watery, it then ulcerated. Where about are you based? We may have a member near by who can advise you on vets.
How long has Peanut been like this? I would get him to a vet, if you can't get to an exotics it is worth just going to your local vet , they may give some antibiotic eyedrops if it is a poke which clear the problem up very quickly.

Hi! Thanks for your help; I'm in Amherst, Massachusetts. I just called the pet store and they said I could bring him in, return him so that he could be treated by them, but I don't know, they sounded so much more concerned about getting my money back to me than getting him treated, I feel so hesitant... :/ I don't want to RETURN Peanut at all.

Anyway, Peanut has only been like this for a day (more like a single night). Thanks again for your help! I just want my little guy to be okay.
Should I try flushing with water?

 

[klee]

Hi! Thanks for your help; I'm in Amherst, Massachusetts. I just called the pet store and they said I could bring him in, return him so that he could be treated by them, but I don't know, they sounded so much more concerned about getting my money back to me than getting him treated, I feel so hesitant... :/ I don't want to RETURN Peanut at all.

Anyway, Peanut has only been like this for a day (more like a single night). Thanks again for your help! I just want my little guy to be okay.

Do you have a local general vets near to you? If so I would pop down there rather than give him to the pet shop, if it is a hay poke treatment is relatively simple. It is better to get him checked out sooner rather than later than leave it and it gets worse.

 

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I don't have access to a car... Ughhhhhh I'm frustrated and panicking; I'm going to try and ask some friends for a ride to the nearest vet; thanks for your help -- I will keep you updated.

 

[Guinea Slave]

What a handsome boy! Do you have any antiseptic eye drops? We have something called Brolene and Golden Eye in the uk and sometimes all they need is a day or two of these. It wont replace vet care and advice but may help in the interim. Basically they are eye drops for minor eye infections. Can be very effective in an emergency.

Good luck I hope you are both ok x