it could be a cold a lot of rodents have red mucous that mucous can look a lot like blood try some ornycycline or small animal antibiotics and watch him for sneezing and for "excessive" face rubbing/cleaning if he is puffy or scruffy looking, he probably has a cold if he is just swollen near that eye and he cleans it cautiously like it hurts, he could have been injured our lighter colored gerbies are much more prone to colds and respiratory infections than our darker colored gerbies, so we're guessing it's more likely the beginning of a cold (consider it eye-slime from a cold like a dog or cat gets) good luck and let us know how he recovers -- ron & traci things-that-squeak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.neo.rr.com/thingsthatsqueak/ > From: Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:55:54 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 'Bleeding' eye > > Hello list, > > Juniper, my DTW male, seems to have a bloody eye. Is > it tears, rather? I'm not sure what happened, I came > out of the bath and found him like it. It's only one > eye, the fur around it is stained pinkish-red. > > Do you think he hurt it on something? > > Christina > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. > http://shopping.yahoo.com
