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Pet's info: Small Animal | Unknown - Small Animal | Male | 8 lbs
You Hello I have a pet guinea pig tonight I noticed that he was squinting his right eye while I was taking him out to clean his cage and I notice it was swollen and his cornea is very cloudy and there were 3 pieces of hay stuck in there so I gently flushed his eye out with water but I had to use tweezers to remove a pice of hay that was logged in his eye lid. He seems to be okay now but I don’t know what else to do I would go to the vet but I don’t have the funds for him to seek treatment.
2 Answers

Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM
Veterinarian
Published on December 9th, 2017
Answered By Todd Cecil
Veterinarian
Published on July 11th, 2020
Thanks for reaching out about Piper and including photos. A veterinary visit should be scheduled as soon as possible. This is probably a scratch, but these tend to become infected easily so ophthalmic antibiotics and analgesia are recommended. Systemic (oral) antibiotics and analgesia might also be beneficial.
If the eye swells to the point of affecting blinking, the cornea could dry and the eye lost, necessitating surgical enucleation.
Good luck.
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