Message Number: SG2956 | New FHL Archives Search
From: williamsdvm@comcast.net
Date: 2003-01-13 03:07:33 UTC
Subject: RE: loss of eye
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4711283.1042427253190.JavaMail.root@scandium>

Author wrote:
> I came home one day last week to find one of my ferrets with a bloody eye. She ended up losing the eye. It was scratched down the middle and couldn't be saved. Also, the lens was missing.
> Is it possible another ferret could have scratched her? Or is the scratch more possibly from a cat?

The claws of the ferret are not really sharp enough to puncture the cornea of a ferret, and cats pack a faster punch with more wallop. However, I always hate to blame a family pet without more proof.

It probably was a large pucture, if the lens could not be found.

The whole thing is unfortunate, but the ferret will do fine with the one eye (just don't let him drive.)

With kindest regards,

Bruce Williams, DVM