More eye questions...(transparent eye)

[fenshae]

I swear, these hoarding rescue boys are an adventure.

Just discovered today that one of Beryl's eyes is more...transparent?...than the other. Like, one eye is very clearly *red* pigmented. The other eye, if you look at it from the side angle, seems like you can see right through it. It's pale pink/whiteish inside. not cloudy, like a cataract, but almost like the eye is hollow? I dunno, it's very odd. I don't remember it being that way before but honestly I never paid THAT much attention before.

Will try to get pics if I can. they don't show up so well due to glare.

But any ideas?

 

[lilspaz68]

I swear, these hoarding rescue boys are an adventure.

Just discovered today that one of Beryl's eyes is more...transparent?...than the other. Like, one eye is very clearly *red* pigmented. The other eye, if you look at it from the side angle, seems like you can see right through it. It's pale pink/whiteish inside. not cloudy, like a cataract, but almost like the eye is hollow? I dunno, it's very odd. I don't remember it being that way before but honestly I never paid THAT much attention before.

Will try to get pics if I can. they don't show up so well due to glare.

But any ideas?

I wonder if its his 3rd eyelid that is down? It can cause the eye to look opaque and even greyed out a bit. Lilith keeps getting stuff (fur, bedding, etc) under that eyelid and it needs to be removed. Sick rats often have theirs stay down.

 

[jorats]

That was my first thought too...the third membrane on the lid.

 

[fenshae]

Still trying to get a high-resolution, glare-free photo. But I don't think it's his 3rd eyelid; whatever's going on with his eye, it's definitely inside the structure of the eye itself. When I look at his eye, I can very clearly see his pupil, and then I can make out each vein in the eye itself -- the blood isn't coloring the eye the way it normally does.

 

[jorats]

From the description, it almost sounds like what my Oliver looked like when the vet put a dye in his eye to see what was going on. He had a scratch and we treated it with eye drops.
Does it look fluid filled? Is the eye bulging?

 

[fenshae]

Not at all. In fact, it doesn't seem to be bothering him at all, although now it's freaking me out because I can't figure out what's going on. But it's not porphy or weepy at all, and it's open and not swollen at all. I haven't tested it with a pinlight yet to see if the pupil reacts to light, but he does close it when a finger comes close to it so I think he can see?

 

[lilspaz68]

Not at all. In fact, it doesn't seem to be bothering him at all, although now it's freaking me out because I can't figure out what's going on. But it's not porphy or weepy at all, and it's open and not swollen at all. I haven't tested it with a pinlight yet to see if the pupil reacts to light, but he does close it when a finger comes close to it so I think he can see?

I would like a pic please?