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Eye question
My squirrels eye is a little bit closed, she is 2 yrs old. It seems like it either got irritated or that she might have got something in it. It looks like she has a tiny scratch above her eye. Is there something I can put in her eye if it is irritated to help?
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Re: Eye question
Anyone have any ideas?
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Re: Eye question
Sorry you haven't gotten any responses, yet.
I don't have any advice to offer, but what's her bedding and cage material like?
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Re: Eye question
I'm sorry no one has answered your post. Could you possibly post a pic of the eye? That might help some. I'm sure a more experienced person will respond soon. Just keepyour thread if you don't hear anything soon.
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You can try to flush the eye out with plain old saline solution - if there is something actually in there it may flush it out.
Unfortunately, they have made all of the eye antibiotic salves by prescription only...
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Take a very very close look in and around the eye. Make sure there are no hairs, fragments or scratches that she may have gotten or accidentally done to herself when scratching. It's ok to use contact lens solution -- either the plain saline type or the wetting/cleansing solution to irrigate her eye and soothe it.
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I hope she's doing better knightsoulI'm not sure how orthodox this is....but I have contacts...and I've actually used the solution you store the contacts in to flush my eye....working at school there is pink eye going around sometimes...and my eye got itchy and red....I thought since I put the contact in my eye after it's soaked in it overnight it shouldn't hurt to put some in my eye
and it's got some sort of antiseptic content to keep contacts clean and bacteria free...anyway it worked
not sure if it would affect a squirrel's eye differently....not sure it will help with the problem
I hope this isn't necessary and she's bright eyed and bushy tailed this evening
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