cataract

[wonderrodent]

Here is a picture of Chailyn and I was wondering if this looks like cataract. I can only see it when I look at it from a certain direction. I was hoping it's just a reflection. It looks like it's deeper not on the surface. I know some of you have dealt with it so maybe someone can help. I know there is nothing I can do about it, I was just wondering. It's her eye that is bulged.

 

[jorats]

Looks like a cataract to me. Sometimes the white can cover the hole surface of the eye or just a bit.
I'm sure you know that it shouldn't affect her much... rats don't rely on their eye sight anyway.

 

[mamarat2]

Looks like a cataract. Daisy has them in both eyes, you wouldn't know it by the way she gets around though.

 

[Shelley]

I agree that it does looks like a cataract. Does Chailyn have a personal barber? hehe, noticed her fur's a little short up top

 

[mamarat2]

I agree that it does looks like a cataract. Does Chailyn have a personal barber? hehe, noticed her fur's a little short up top

Barber's name is Punzy :shock: aka Rapunzel I beleive !!

 

[wonderrodent]

Thank you guys! Dang it. That's what I was afraid of. My poor girlie. She is such a sweet girl and my heart rat. I know if she turns blind she will get around just fine but she already has/had so many health issues.

And yes, Punzy is the barber-culprit! She is funny.

 

[Fidget]

It looks like when my grandma got one. Grandma told me it didn't bother her.
But is it both eyes? One shouldn't make a bit of difference, even 2 wouldn't be as bad as hind-leg degeneration, like Jorats said their eyesight is not their primary relied-on sense, and there you go with mamarat2's Daisy's experience!
I sure doesn't make her any less pretty in pictures! (nor does the questionable hairstyle :lol: )