Swollen below the eye

[jimjim555 0]

heya all

 

havent posted in here for ages now...

 

i noticed last night my jill has an infection under her eye... just looks swollen up and has started to weep so i give it a clean up with a cotton bud and sterile water.... she seems more lively now but it still needs more attention.

 

anything i can add to the water to speed up her recovery??

 

Thanks Jim

[jimjim555 0]

no body?

[mikecat1 0]

hello mate, i had something simalar with the dog. i went to boots and told them i was cutting straw in the fields and the mites gave me sore eyes, they gave me drops and i used them on the dog.

within 2 days it had cleared up

hope this helps

[droid 11]

I suppose the obvious thing is to give a vet a ring, and ask them, if it's just irritating to the ferret and nowt too serious.

 

But if you do add something to the water, DON'T add TCP. TCP contains phenols, and ferrets react badly to phenols, they are poisonous to ferrets.

You can tell a substance has phenols in it, as they turn cloudy when you add them to water.

[jimjim555 0]

Thanks!

[andy s410c 59]

Are her teeth ok??I had the same happen with a hob,his tooth was decayed & the abcess fluid was coming out from under the eye...worth a look just incase

[jimjim555 0]

heya mate

 

just back from the vets there, he never checked her teeth.... i will get a good look tomorrow afternoon, i have eye drops to give her and she got an injection so fingers crossed shes all good soon!!

[summat decent 0]

Fusithalmic most chemists have it,tell em you got slight eye infection