Peanut's eye thread - Possibly NOT the end!
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dspch911
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The Peanut man has come crusting around the insicion and it looks like some stuff might be coming out - possibly yellow... I have a call into the vet to see if I should be concerned about this.
lilspaz68
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Joanne
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It may just be serum. IF it's not stinky. 
dspch911
Senior Member
Smell it
Don't know why I didn't think of that??!!
It may just be serum. IF it's not stinky.
There is gel foam under the skin she used to stop bleeding. She doesn't want me to put any pressure on it since there is probably a blood clot (?) there
dspch911
Senior Member
There is NO smell coming from the eye.
lilspaz68
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Woot, probably just body fluid then
Whew, crossing my fingers and hoping it is just some body fluid!
Joanne
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No stinky = good.
OK, how about another pic for our photographic journey?
OK, how about another pic for our photographic journey?
dspch911
Senior Member
No stinky = good.
OK, how about another pic for our photographic journey?
Peanut man will not allow a photo, remember him hiding in his igloo? Well, that is where you will find him.... I have to pull all the fleece out and tip it over to get him out for him meds and then the battle is on..... He is one difficult rat to get medication into... My hands have battle wounds from his nails.. I will try and get one today. I'm going to clean their cage and put Peanut back in with his cage mates...maybe he won't be so grumpy then.
Joanne
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Oh, I had no idea he has been on his own all this time. Here's hoping for a much happier boy. :nod:
dspch911
Senior Member
Yes, big boy + small cage = crappy rat! We have put him back with his cage mates on and off so they don't forget each other. We take them out to the couch together, but we don't leave them together for long periods. We didn't want them pulling his stitches out or messing with his eye. We put him back before the surgery when we realized they were leaving him alone, but took him back out after he pulled that scab thing off.
Unfortunately, I think this whole mess might have started when I reduced them to a single CN from their DCN. If they think Throttle's abscess must be from some mysterious puncture wound, that no one can find - it makes me think maybe, him and Peanut might have gotten into it. I was 99.5% sure Peanut's was just some injury or unknown origin infection - now I'm left to wonder. Guess I need to get them back into a DCN, but I cannot continue intros with Clark right now with them all being sick/injured...
dspch911
Senior Member
:rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant:
ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!!!!
He popped his head out tonight to show me this !!! He hasn't missed any medication doses and it still doesn't smell!! I wonder if this is just a coincidence, but the same doctor that did Clark's neuter did this surgery!!!!
ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!!!!
He popped his head out tonight to show me this !!! He hasn't missed any medication doses and it still doesn't smell!! I wonder if this is just a coincidence, but the same doctor that did Clark's neuter did this surgery!!!!
lilspaz68
Well-Known Member
It still looks good. There was a terrible infection in that eye, just like Eli's.
Here's Eli (with glue) at about that stage
3 days later
That evening the scab lifted and this was underneath
Here's Eli (with glue) at about that stage
3 days later
That evening the scab lifted and this was underneath
Sheldon
Rataholic
Yeah eyes can tend to look really juicy in general.
dspch911
Senior Member
So that's NOT an infection??? Normal healing process???
lilspaz68
Well-Known Member
Pretty sure, keep sniffing. Eli's eye really wanted that antibiotic bead out. Your boy may not like the foam
dspch911
Senior Member
Good to know, but the hubby is taking him in at 1:30pm today
dspch911
Senior Member
Poor boy had a big infection. All the swelling was a giant pus ball that they removed. Its now open again and he has been put into an e-collar I have been told. Will be getting more antibiotics along with an antibiotic shot.. Poor big man has lost around 50 grams too, but don't worry he's still in the 900s.
Sheldon
Rataholic
Glad you took him in then. Did they have to remove the packing too?
