Jax and his cross eyes?

[hopefloats]

Eagle posted about Jax's and his crooked eye on the facebook rat shack I believe the store she works at took him to the vet and they put him on baytril. I had some couch time with them tonight and I thought it looked like something in it. I took a few pictures of it with my camera zoomed in. It looked like the back of his eye but I think it is cloudy/damaged.

I may end up taking him to the vet soon to see what my vet says but I have 4 spays and a neuter on the 19th so it wont be this week. I dont think it is a rush right now, it appear fine.

 

[jorats]

I'd be really interested in what the vet has to say.

 

[hopefloats]

Me too I think it can go bad on him easily once I get caught up from the spays I will take him in for a check up. It is so odd how part of his eye is white. I have a cat with a damaged eye and his looks nothing like that. I am almost partial to having it removeddd while he is you g so he don't have problems that I can't fix in his old age.

 

[jennifervb]

I can't see the pictures.

I will see if I can view them from my home computer this weekend.

 

[TheRatQueen]

Is it definitely his eye? Or could it be a screwed up eyelid?

 

[hopefloats]

Nope it is his eye. You can see it wiggle when you hold him like it moves. I just wonder if that is the back of the eye. I know humans can have problems with their muscles that move the eye, it makes it go out of place.

 

[lilspaz68]

I wouldn't go through a removal until you know there's issues personally. The eye looks "healthy" just odd, with only partial colour and possibly genetic cataracts as well. See what your vet thinks first I think he's darling. Do you see a pupil in that eye? He might be able to see some things then.

 

[hopefloats]

I think that is the back of his eye we are seeing. I wouldn't remove it un less I know it will go astray I wont wait till his senior years when he can't have surgery.

 

[mamarat]

Can rats get a "lazy eye" like children do?

 

[jorats]

Can rats get a "lazy eye" like children do?

That was my thinking too.

 

[hopefloats]

I red that prozac can corrrect it ater a few weeks of treatmet... I am so go nna ask my vet lol

 

[hopefloats]

I took him with me. His socket and eye is smaller so he said he has a bit of micro eye. Most likely it may end up drying up, since it seems to keep getting smaller. He still has lazy eye but you can see how much smaller his eye socket is than the other.

 

[jorats]

But otherwise, just keep an eye on it? (no pun intended lol)

 

[TheRatQueen]

hahaha Jo, you know you spent all night trying to think that one up! You don't fool anyone.