[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Clover's eye

[Ann Evans]

I was taught by BAR to always use a bacteriostatic eye ONITMENT first. I 
always use chloramphenicol eye ointment 3 times a day for 5 to 7 days. 
It has always worked in every case I have treated. Eye drops tend to 
flood the eye and drain off into the tear ducts. Cavies naturally 
produce  viscous milky white tears when they clean their eyes. An eye 
ointment placed into the conjunctival sack, the lower eye lid, has a 
better chance of staying in contact with the infected eyes than drops 
do. If eye drops have not worked in 2 weeks and the type you are using 
primarily kills only gram negative bacteria I would ask my vet for 
chloramphenicol eye ointment. I am not a vet but I volunteer as a cavy 
health advisor for Dr. Frank Bonsack DVM of the Adventure Animal 
Hospital in Tampa Florida.
http://adventureanimalhospital.com/
Cheers,

Ann and the Rescued Piggys of Piggyville, Tampa Florida USA.