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Daphne went to the vets tonight, as her face has begun to swell on the side of her 'good' eye.
She's going in tomorrow for x-rays of her eye. The vet I saw tonight believes there may be a build up of pus behind her eye - in which case a needle will have to be inserted behind her eye to drain the pocket.
She thinks if the infection is deep set she may possibly lose the sight in her "good" eye too. Cause? Probably stress due to the previous eye removal.
Such a young little girl, she's not even 1 yet
Her socket is healing well though - got the first porphyrin discharge today, so we know that's working still. It's semi-open but the vet doesn't seem too worried about it. But they will check it over tomorrow while she's asleep for her x-rays.
For the record, when someone says 'use Baytril as a preventative to STOP infection' I won't believe them
(not serious here, but trust me to pick the rat who seems immune to anti-biotics!)
She's going in tomorrow for x-rays of her eye. The vet I saw tonight believes there may be a build up of pus behind her eye - in which case a needle will have to be inserted behind her eye to drain the pocket.
She thinks if the infection is deep set she may possibly lose the sight in her "good" eye too. Cause? Probably stress due to the previous eye removal.
Such a young little girl, she's not even 1 yet
Her socket is healing well though - got the first porphyrin discharge today, so we know that's working still. It's semi-open but the vet doesn't seem too worried about it. But they will check it over tomorrow while she's asleep for her x-rays.
For the record, when someone says 'use Baytril as a preventative to STOP infection' I won't believe them