[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Velvet's Eye - Cataract

[ME]

Guinea pigs can live with cataracts very well.  My diabetic guinea pig, Viola, developed them when she was around 1.5 years old, and lived another four years after that.  I didn't treat her eyes with anything.  I don't know how much sight she had, but Truffles was her eyes and the two were inseparable.

I teach all my babies to take from a syringe as soon as they get in with the herd.  Actually, I don't teach them anything ... I just put the syringe in the cage, giving it to the big girls ... and the babies get curious and come after it.  My problem is that I end up with several trying to attack the syringe at once.  I also teach them to eat from a spoon in the same way.  I do have one adult who does not take the syringe or eat from a spoon while in the cage ... she's just not that sort of pig ... so I don't force it.  We'll see how the babies do once they settle in ... I think Joy will take to it fairly quickly ... not sure about Destiny.