Buttercups eye injury/ulcer *graphic image*

Came home today to find buttercups eye like this :shock:




Took her straight to the vets, it is very swollen and ulcerated probably from being poked with hay. She is now on bayril and I have to put eye drops in every two hours in the hope the eye can be saved, It is almost at bursting point. Poor Buttercup

Oh the poor girl, it looks so painful :shock:

Does she have pain relief?

I hope she feels better very soon :wave:

Poor Piggie

It looks like a classic hay stalk injury. I really hope the eye can be saved xx

Gemmapookie said:

Does she have pain relief?

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No she hasn't been given any, think I'll give her some meloxidyl

Oh no We had a guinea pig come in with an eye similar to that a few months ago that had to be removed. He's doing great though, all the hair has grown over and he's a happy chap. Fingers crossed your little guy doesn't have to go through that.

I put eye drops in every 2 hours overnight, felt like having a newborn baby again! There is possibly a slight improvement in the eye today it looks less green so well worth the sleepless night for me. Back to the vets this evening so fingers crossed we won't need to take more drastic action.

Really hope Buttercups eye starts to heal really soon, please keep us updated how she/he gets along xxx

Eyes not good and vet unsure what to do with it, it's not just ulcerated but has a massive infection and may burst i have to continue with drops every two hours and take her back first thing in the morning and she made need surgery, but what surgery they are not sure what to do, they may scrape the surface and infection out or suture the eye up.

Has anyone had the same thing,what did they do, did it work?

And can have some healing vibes for buttercup too, I think she needs all the help she can get

I have no experience with eye injuries in Piggies.

Lots of vibes being sent xx

Oh no poor Buttercup.

Healing vibes for the lovely lady. I hope whatever the vet has to do works Tanya and she's back to normal real soon.

When dogs have an ulcer on their eyes something called a grid keratotomy is done. This involves removing the damaged area with a blade, stratching the eye with a needle over the ulcer and then the third eyelid is then stitched over. Never seen it done in a guinea pig but it is very painful, dogs always have to go home with a buster coller on to stop them rubbing their faces.

So not sure if they'd do something similar to that?

Some healing vibes for Buttercup. That does look nasty

Pipkin01 said:

When dogs have an ulcer on their eyes something called a grid keratotomy is done. This involves removing the damaged area with a blade, stratching the eye with a needle over the ulcer and then the third eyelid is then stitched over. Never seen it done in a guinea pig but it is very painful, dogs always have to go home with a buster coller on to stop them rubbing their faces.

So not sure if they'd do something similar to that?

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Yes my dog pringle had this done, not very nice and he had to keep going back to have it scratched it took about 3 months to heal!

The vet said he would like to do the same thing but as a guinea pig doesn't have a third eyelid it wouldnt work, thought about stitching the eye up but then we wouldn't be able to put drops in.

The eye is looking slightly less infected today with a rim of new red blood vessels around the edge, can't remember the name for that but its a good thing as blood flow to the eye is needed to heal it. So she didn't have an op today but we have to continue with antibiotics, eye drops now every four hours(phew) and meloxicam and recheck next week unless it gets worse over the weekend.

Poor girl!

Get well soon, Buttercup. x

Gertie said:

Poor girl!

Get well soon, Buttercup. x

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Buttercup sayz fank you, it iz vwery sore but im tryin to keep my strengthy up by nomming all my favourite foodies mummas giving me

Just seeing how u where getting along, hope Buttercups getting better x

kat031181 said:

Just seeing how u where getting along, hope Buttercups getting better x

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Yes thank you, we were back at the vets yesterday and ulcer/abcess is getting alot smaller, they're still not sure if it will heal in the centre or if that bit will need scraping off but it is looking very promising

Sending loads of healing vibes for Buttercup, Tanya Hope she carries on improving. Poor little love x x x

Thats good news hope she keeps healing for u x

so sorry to hear about Buttercup i hope her eye shows signs of improvement and the eye can be saved i have recently been through a very similar thing with one of my own guinea pigs, Sophie, i was horrrified to find that literally overnight her whole eye had turned completely cloudy, i took her straight to the Vet's and they thought it was a piece of hay that had poked her in the eye and caused an ulcer, she had to have eye drops three times a day for a month and i was back and forth to the Vet's for check ups for about a month before it finally healed, but we did get there in the end, so hopefully that has give you some hope that as bad as it seems , things do sometimes heal when you don't expect them to, Sophie's eye wasn't infected but although at first after a few days on the drops the cloudiness subsided a few days later it looked very raw and angry again and i took her back sooner than i was supposed to,to be checked, 4 (!!) vets on duty had a look and concluded the redness was scar tissue forming and all part of the healing process and showing signs of healthy new tissue, Sophie was a little star and never minded the countless eye checks, dye in her eye and being prodded and poked around and just sat there whildt i applied her drops, she is fine now , i wish Buttercup a full recovery and hoping her eye gets better each day, just wanted you to know although it can take ages , they can geal well eventually