Cataracts? And an old abcess?

[Ktina]

Dear Vince is such a mess! I noticed his on his eye a few days ago:

Since the pic was taken it has gotten a bit more "goopy" looking, almost like there's a booger on it when there's not. Does this look like cataracts? Or somethingh else?

Also, he has this on his side:

It looks like an abcess that had opened, but the middle is very crusty and hard. Is there anything I can do to it?

 

[mamarat]

My James has something like that on his side but it's cancer. The vet won't touch it. But he also has a tumor in his belly. I'm sorry, I don't mean to scare you. But if it is cancer my vet suggests to just leave it alone.

 

[jorats]

He does have cataracts... and what he has on his side could be something like a keratin cyst or a dried abscess... it could also be cancer like mamarat's little guy but whatever it is... I would just keep an eye on it. Vince must be an old manrat? He sure is handsome...

 

[Debbie]

Our Adelina has cataracts too. Thankfully, they don't seem to bother her.

It does look like a cyst to me, on his side. Is it flat, or do you notice a chalky substance kind of loose? Often small cysts like that, will eventually work themselves to the surface and literally just pop right out. You may see a hole behind for a while, but eventually it just goes away. We've had several old men over the years get cysts. My Teddy had many of them.

I hope it's just cyst and Vince is otherwise doing well.

 

[Ktina]

It is sort of flat, but it it also raised a bit. He actually isn't that old, I'm guessing a little over 1. He's still as active as ever, so I'm surprised he has all these things popping up.