Just wanted to share this little story of Roos.
the culprit... |
On New Years' day we found her eye was wet and it turned out she got a husk from her hay stuck in her eye. Of course all the vets were closed this day, but with some cautiousness my sister Janneke and my boyfriend got it out.
A vet visit followed and we got a salve to put in her eye. Luckily her eye was not really damaged.
So every morning my boyfriend E would get downstairs to give the girls their veggies. But before giving that to them he would pick up Roos from the cage. However, she quickly realized that and would hide in their wooden house every morning and afternoon when she knew E would come and pick her up. Of course she would keep an eye out to see if E was bringing veggies.
So once E would finally manage to catch her, get the salve ready to put in her eye, she had another little trick up her sleeve... uhm.. fur?
She would squeeze her left eye that needed a drop of the salve shut. She only squeezed shut her left eye, not the other one...
Luckily now everything is back to normal and she no longer hides for E..
Is she a smart piggy, or what?
Do you have stories to share of your bright pigs?
Just a few remarks:
If you find your guinea pig with something in its eye, only get it out when it comes out easily! If it is problematic I really advise you to go and see a vet.
In general even when you can get it out easily, I would always advise a vet visit because they can check if anything was damaged and maybe prescribe some salve. I think it had a vitamin in it,vitamin D I thought, which really helps in the eye's healing process.
Smart Roos. Truffle also hates eye drops - when she needed them she would run around the cage chattering to avoid capture, squint her eyes shut, then quickly shake off the droplet as soon as she felt it on her eye. It always took a few tries before I was able to land one on her.
ReplyDeleteGlad Roos' eye has gone back to normal!
so glad to read that Roo's eye is doing good again! such a smart secret agent!
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