petscats and pets dogs common eye diseases are tears, or a lot of eye feces, Chinchilla Do cats and dogs suffer from eye diseases like cats and dogs? The answer is unquestionable. Common eye diseases of chinchillas are excessive eye mucus, foreign bodies entering the eyes, cataracts and eye inflammation. How to treat chinchillas when these diseases occur?

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1. Excessive eye mucus

First of all, after discovering the situation, the owner should first analyze the cause of the chinchilla's excessive secretion of eye mucus, and then treat it symptomatically. Under normal circumstances, the inflammation of the eyes of chinchillas, there is eye mucus, is mainly caused by getting angry. Breeders pay attention to reducing the fire to chinchillas to slowly relieve the symptoms of chinchilla eyes.

When handling, first of all, clean the eyes of chinchillas in time, then go to the pharmacy to buy chloramphenicol eye drops for human use, use a clean cotton swab to dip a small amount of eye drops, gently. wipe on the clean eye area of chinchillas. Or directly wipe the eye drops on the part with eye mucus, gently clean up after softening the eye mucus, and then wipe the lotion again. Give chinchilla eye drops, preferably twice a day, two drops in each eye each time, not more but not without drops.

In addition to professional eye drops treatment, the owner can prepare some chrysanthemum tea for Chinchilla to help it reduce fire. During the period of chinchilla eye drops, try to give it more grass-based staple food, stop the supply of snacks, and avoid some food that will cause chinchilla to get angry again.

In addition, it is also worth noting that the owner should hold the chinchilla for a while after dripping the eye drops, and put it in the cage after the eye drops are dry. Avoid chinchillas scratching the eyes with eye drops with their claws, which will lead to re-infection and inflammation of the eyes, which will reduce the effect of treatment and prolong the period of treatment.

2. Foreign objects entering the eyes

A common problem with Chinchilla eyes is that when foreign objects enter the eyes, the eyes will initially bleed, but if left untreated, the eyes will bleed. Inflamed, swollen eyes, or even inflamed eyes. If it is not serious, you can directly drop a few drops in the eye with ordinary animal eye drops, and wash away the foreign body. But if it is already red and swollen and the eyes cannot be opened, it is necessary to squeeze the pus out of the eyes first, and then drip anti-inflammatory eye drops. If the pus is white, it is mild, but if it is green and has an odor, it means that the eyeballs have been damaged, which may affect vision.

3. Cataract

When a cloudy white object appears in the eyes of chinchillas, it will affect vision but there is no cure for it. Causes include genetics, trauma, or chemical (such as insecticide) burns.

4. Inflammation of the eyes

The disease of chinchilla eye inflammation is relatively easy to treat. You can help chinchillas to heal at home. Buy chloramphenicol eye drops at the pharmacy, and use a clean cotton pad dipped in the eye drops to gently wipe the area around the eyes. If there is a lot of chinchilla eye feces, gently apply it with a damp cotton pad, and then wipe it after the eye feces are softened. Wipe off the eye mucus, apply eye drops twice a day, 2 drops in each eye, and it can be cured in 3 days. Pick up the chinchilla in the air and drop the eye drops into the eyes. After the eye drops are dry, put the chinchilla back in the cage to prevent the chinchilla from feeling moist in the eyes and scratching or rubbing it with his hands, which may lead to secondary infection of the eyes. During the treatment period, the chinchillas should only eat grass-based staple food, and avoid snacks, so as to avoid the symptoms of getting angry and aggravating the inflammation of the eyes.

However, it should be noted that the difference between skin diseases and eye diseases in chinchillas. If there is no redness and swelling around the eyes of chinchillas, but the hair is shedding, and chinchillas have tears, then there is a possibility of skin diseases. Sex is greater. Therefore, once it is found that the chinchilla has abnormal conditions, it is necessary to carefully investigate the cause and then treat it.