From:
teresa@mivox.com
Date: 2003-04-07 11:38:21 UTC
Subject: RE: Bulging eye, what to ask the vet?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7518778.1049715501818.JavaMail.root@scandium>
> My Bear, (who is almost six) has the same bulging eye problem.
> We had xrays done in October 2002 and they revealed a large
> bony mass to the left of the eye and it has now grown up the
> side near his ear.
Thanks for sharing the x-rays. :-)
I grabbed Zoe last night and ran my thumbs over both sides of her face. She certainly didn't appreciate it, but her cheekbones and eyesockets felt perfectly symmetrical. So unless a growth is hidden entirely behind the eye, that explanation seems unlikely... Do you remember being able to feel irregularity in the shape of Bear's head back when those x-rays were done?
We have our vet appointment for annual shots tomorrow afternoon, so I will ask then if I can get a glaucoma test there, or if another vet in town can do it. If the glaucoma test is negative, or seemingly inconclusive/borderline, we'll get an x-ray done.