From:
dr_bruce_williams
Date: 2002-05-06 19:25:00 UTC
Subject: Re: watery eyes
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Staci Layne Wilson <staci@s...> wrote:
> Both of my boys have had watery eyes for the past few
> weeks. Not enough to actually brim over, but it looks
> like it's ready to. Neither blinks excessively or
> seems to be in any pain. Their noses are not running.
> They never, ever go outside, but could it be an
> allergy to Spring pollen?
>
> I asked on another of my ferret lists (not
> health-specific) and some people asked if I've been
> trying a new carpet cleaner, etc., but there's nothing
> like that. As for the ferrets, they don't act like
> there's a problem (they're not wiping their eyes or
> anything).
>
Ferrets generally don't have inhalation allergies, and in animals
that do, like ogs, the signs are itchiness of the skin of the face
and feet, not watery eyes -
I would look closely at the environment - is it dusty at all? Have
you washed their bedding since wintertime? Always make sure in such
cases that their environment is dust and dirt free.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, dVM