Hey all,
We just got a baby (~7 weeks approx) dumbo to keep our older (adopted solo) boy company. We've had somewhat poor results with the older fellow not being very enthusiastic about his new companion, but we've been keeping them in separate enclosures and introducing them together for short supervised sessions to get them used to each other. Today, they were placed together so that the baby's enclosure could get a cleaning, and while my back was turned, somehow baby suffered an eye injury. I'm guessing the older fellow bit or struck him somehow. There appears to be a gash under his eye socket, and his eye was bulging somewhat extremely, to the point I was worried it would pop out. The bulging seems to have lessened in the few minutes since then and it no longer seems so extreme, but I'm obviously worried. Baby was obviously distressed and scared when it happened, but he's since calmed down and doesn't appear to be having any balance issues I would associate with disrupted vision. There's no exotic pet vets nearby that I could get to before they closed for the day, and I'm not sure a trip is even warranted at the moment since he appears to be doing alright. I'm just concerned about that eye bulging. Anyone have any experience with something like this?
We just got a baby (~7 weeks approx) dumbo to keep our older (adopted solo) boy company. We've had somewhat poor results with the older fellow not being very enthusiastic about his new companion, but we've been keeping them in separate enclosures and introducing them together for short supervised sessions to get them used to each other. Today, they were placed together so that the baby's enclosure could get a cleaning, and while my back was turned, somehow baby suffered an eye injury. I'm guessing the older fellow bit or struck him somehow. There appears to be a gash under his eye socket, and his eye was bulging somewhat extremely, to the point I was worried it would pop out. The bulging seems to have lessened in the few minutes since then and it no longer seems so extreme, but I'm obviously worried. Baby was obviously distressed and scared when it happened, but he's since calmed down and doesn't appear to be having any balance issues I would associate with disrupted vision. There's no exotic pet vets nearby that I could get to before they closed for the day, and I'm not sure a trip is even warranted at the moment since he appears to be doing alright. I'm just concerned about that eye bulging. Anyone have any experience with something like this?