Cloudy eye

Sending prayers and good thoughts!

Juju is home safe. Looks a little rough and is still dopey but I think things are gonna be ok. Lip is a bit snarled from suture but vet said it would relax back down. Sent home with oral antibiotics and an nsaid. Got a list of specialists, I'll be calling the ones the vet recommend most to make follow up appointment for 2 weeks from now. Also vet said 95% certain it's Ms. Juju

I'm glad she's home. Prayers continue for a full recovery. I know she's not out of the woods yet.

I'm so glad she has you. You may not see yourself this way but you truly are one special human being. Juju had a lucky day when it was you who found her.

Thanks DollysMom

Erik. I assume since the Vet had to remove the eye, that there may have been a tumor causing the problem, and she hasn't ruled out cancer. I'm guessing that your act of kindness is going to cost you a lot of money. I wonder if the veterinary staff at MSU could help, since JUJU's condition would be a good learning tool for the veterinary students? Is it possible that your Vet could recommend some local rescues or organizations that can help with funding?

The vet said the lip would come down but I'm worried about it. I know it's still fresh. I just dont think it would be good if her teeth and gums were exposed on that side long term. :/

Twolunger
So it didn't sound like cancer but Idk. She didnt say anything about possibility of a tumor. The eye was rly bad and juju was visibly in pain. The options were to Lance it and hope it got better or remove it. I had to consider the fact that if lancing didn't work I couldn't afford both surgeries. Also didn't want to put juju through more pain or operations than necessary. Obviously sedation and infection are always a risk. By the time the vet examined her the eye was even worse than the pic I took. Given the safety concerns, pain, chance of success and the bill we went with removing the eye. Was a very hard decision to make. I do not feel good about the situation but I did my best to make the right choice. I wish it hadn't ever got to that point. As far as MSU I dont rly know anything about their programs and lansing isnt close. For rescues I don't have any idea. I can tell you I had to call 6 vets just to find someone who would give her a check up so I doubt anyone is gonna help. And yes without getting into figures this has been the most expensive 2 weeks of my life.

I understand. My Cleo is now a very expensive corn snake and she was a $40 show special to start out with, lol.

You are my hero, Erik.

Oh God!!! I missed all this!! Poor sweetheart!! How is she feeling now?? Well, on the bright side, she'll be able to start a normal diet without worrying about working around daily eye drops.

She isn't going to miss it at all. Not at all. You made the right decision. Cornsnakes have not very great sight anyway. She could have gone through weeks of treatment for this eventual end, anyway. Now it will just heal up and she'll be perfectly fine.

I have a foster dog. He had "cherry eye," where the third eyelid gets stuck across. Vets do a surgery to tack it back. He was a stray, so I don't know how long it was like that. So he went in for a neuter, and to get his eye fixed. It had looked so terrible. All I could imagine all day was picking him up and seeing his big golden eye, finally free from the misplaced eyelid. Instead, the eye was removed, because when they went to fix it, the eyeball was dead. I was NOT prepared for that, and I felt such a sense of loss. But the dog- after the stupid thing was healed (there was lots of swelling, itching) he never cared. He hadn't seen from that eye for who knows how long anyway, and it was a relief to have it gone. I mostly forget he doesn't have it, actually.