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    Default Abnormal Eye?

    So my baby opened her left eye last friday, and her right last saturday. A week later and her right eye is perfectly fine, but her left appears to be glazed over/has a blue hue. I thought it was because her eyes had just opened but as the week has gone on, the other eye has cleared and this one remains glazed over?

    Is there anything I can do to help this? Is she going to be permanently blind (or so i presume) in that eye?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaneTheKidd View Post
    So my baby opened her left eye last friday, and her right last saturday. A week later and her right eye is perfectly fine, but her left appears to be glazed over/has a blue hue. I thought it was because her eyes had just opened but as the week has gone on, the other eye has cleared and this one remains glazed over?
    Is there anything I can do to help this? Is she going to be permanently blind (or so i presume) in that eye?
    Does she appear blind in that eye, if you move your finger toward it any reaction?
    Blue/Cloudy eye can be caused by several factors...
    Head trauma (falling out of nest)
    Lack of proper nutrition
    Cataracts
    Eye infection
    Among others....
    Sometimes depending on causes vision is limited or they can be completely blind in that eye.
    With some a cloudy eye can clear up with good nutrition.
    I would suggest you apply antibiotic eye drops in case of hidden infection. If it is infection they
    will help clear it, if it isn't infection the eye drops won't help but won't hurt it either.
    Suggested eye drops would be along the line such as Polysporin antibiotic drops.

    http://www.polysporin.ca/products/antibiotic-eye-drops
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    Quote Originally Posted by stepnstone View Post
    Does she appear blind in that eye, if you move your finger toward it any reaction?
    Blue/Cloudy eye can be caused by several factors...
    Head trauma (falling out of nest)
    Lack of proper nutrition
    Cataracts
    Eye infection
    Among others....
    Sometimes depending on causes vision is limited or they can be completely blind in that eye.
    With some a cloudy eye can clear up with good nutrition.
    I would suggest you apply antibiotic eye drops in case of hidden infection. If it is infection they
    will help clear it, if it isn't infection the eye drops won't help but won't hurt it either.
    Suggested eye drops would be along the line such as Polysporin antibiotic drops.

    http://www.polysporin.ca/products/antibiotic-eye-drops
    I just fed her. I've been feeding her Esbalic Puppy Formula (the powder, not liquid can). I normally add a small amount of heavy whipping cream, but this time around I opted out of that just to see if maybe that will help. These past two days she's also been suckling/eating grapes (she's six weeks now, seven next saturday if I go off the eyes opening). I also go her some Forti-Diets Healthy Bits for Rabbits/Guine Pigs/Chinchillas (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Forti-Diet...Ounce/37294943) but I haven't given them to her yet, since I want to look up the ingredients and make sure they won't make her sick.

    During the feeding I ran my finger near both her eyes several times. She was completely calm and did jump when I touched either side of her face unexpectedly. I'm not sure if that means she's just use to my touch, or knows my scent or something, but thats what I got out of testing her eye. She seems to be acting normally. Running around, being adventurous, and all that.

    Ill definitely pick up some eye drops today, just to be safe. I'm just afraid this eye will lead to her not being able to be released And as for head trauma, I wouldn't know. I found her on the concrete outside my house with no dray near by, so I'm not sure quite what happened... She seemed normal when I found her, just dehydrated.

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