matted eyes

Posts : 3 Join date : 2012-01-23

One of the kids in my swine group bought a hog yesterday, and tonight when they went out to feed his eyes were matted closed. They took a warm rag and cleaned it up, but there seems to be a milky liquid. Does anyone have any ideas of what it could be, and what some possible solutions would be? Thanks!

Subject: Re: matted eyes 24th January 2012, 2:31 pm

Is it on shavings?

Have you tried putting some salt in that water to clean the eyes?

Posts : 3 Join date : 2012-01-23

No, it has straw. Salt will get rid of it?

Subject: Re: matted eyes 24th January 2012, 4:27 pm

it won't get rid of it but will help, can you guys get your hands on the vetericyn spray for the eye

I don't think pigs can get pink eye, but how moldy does the straw look?

How was the pig trasported, did he get a lot of wind?

Do you think the pig could of stuck something in his eye?

Posts : 3 Join date : 2012-01-23

ya we have vetricyn spray. I think he got alot of wind on way down, and it recently got really cold and rainy just in the last day or so. i figured thats what it had to be.