From:
<dimuzio@fuse.net>
Date: 2003-01-12 15:12:49 UTC
Subject: loss of eye
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <20030112151249.XORR12522.smtp02.fuse.net@smtp.fuse.net>
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 cats don't bother the ferrets but I have one that plays "whack a ferret" - when the ferrets stick their heads out from under the hutch, the cat smacks their heads. I'm now wondering if maybe the cat accidentally got the ferret in the eye?
I've had multiple ferrets for several years, and no matter how many fights or rough playing they've been thru, none have ever damaged an eye.
Thanks,
Susan