From:
Mike Janke
Date: 2001-05-30 22:35:00 UTC
Subject: Re: one eye closed?
She could very well have a scratch or a foreign body or ulcerated
or... probably more things than I know about. Sounds like it's time
for a visit to the vet.
Mike
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Stephanie" <steph@t...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Once I get Icabod all settled and he starts to perk up and look
good, his
> partner starts doing odd stuff. She is totally blind from
cataracts, so it's
> not like it's interfering with her vision, but I noticed today that
she is
> not opening one eye. She will have the other one open and be doing
stuff,
> but that one eye is closed. I tried to open it a bit to see if
there was
> anything in it and I don't see any mucus or crusty stuff or
anything. It
> actually looks like it always has. Icabod gets his staples out on
the ninth
> and she has a checkup at the same time. Should I schedule something
sooner?
> Should I wait to see how it goes? Has anybody experienced something
like
> this? My boyfriend was thinking that she may have just scratched
her eye and
> I can see that that would cause this. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephanie
> with Maggie, Bullwinkle, Shasta, Emeline "one eye" and
Icabod "Frankenstein
> fert"