Last night, one of the visiting boys somehow got into my rats' cage. After some fur flying, we manage to pull him out and check everyone over - they were all fine except Pip who was bleeding profusely from his eye. We managed to stop the bleeding eventually, and thankfully xxchelle helped me with the painkiller dosage. With all the blood I can't tell exactly where the injury is, but I'm preparing for loss of the eye. While cleaning it there were a couple chunky bits, which could have been clots, and what sort of looked like a white stringy thing (which didn't come out).
When I could still see the eye it looked deflated in comparison to the other one. Now I can't tell because it's crusted over with blood.Here's a picture, linked in case someone is squeamish of blood.
I tried to get him in with the local exotic vet today, but she wasn't in. And she's fully booked until Thursday. :gaah: I am going to call another clinic Monday morning and see if they can take a look. I am assuming he will need antibiotics at the very least - if his eye is damaged, will he need surgery? What should I expect? Any stories of one-eyed rats will be comforting.
When I could still see the eye it looked deflated in comparison to the other one. Now I can't tell because it's crusted over with blood.Here's a picture, linked in case someone is squeamish of blood.
I tried to get him in with the local exotic vet today, but she wasn't in. And she's fully booked until Thursday. :gaah: I am going to call another clinic Monday morning and see if they can take a look. I am assuming he will need antibiotics at the very least - if his eye is damaged, will he need surgery? What should I expect? Any stories of one-eyed rats will be comforting.
