https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/9410/unilateral-ocular-discharge-in-a-chinchilla Morning all :) Just remembered that I forgot to ask this last night, so best I do it now: 4yr3m old Chinni female was presented at the clinic I locum at at the moment in May with L eye blepharospasm and conjunctivitis, no ocular discharge. Fluoreten-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/45828?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:04:12 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:28ae87d9-f9d4-4278-8020-bf92411178baMarie Kubiak<p>With recurrent issues I would be suspicious of dental changes with either incisor or cheek tooth apices impinging on the duct. Dental disease is so common in chinchillas that I usually make it the first rule-out in ocular cases. Lateral and lateral oblique radiographs are the best way to assess roots fully and while under sedation you can flush ducts much easier and have a really good look in the mouth. Also worth temporarily stopping sand bathing while there is inflammation.</p> <p>Marie</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/45821?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:48:18 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c2466bf1-ff40-4278-acf4-ff9ec5494e53Mark Hedberg<p>The last few cases I had like this, best thing I ever did was do the GA and just flush the living daylights out of that eye. I&#39;ve never found anything, but the problem resolved and never came back. I&#39;m forced to assume there&#39;s some speck of dust or little grain of sand or some little nucleus of irritation that 100 ml of saline just cleans out. Use a soft IV catheter (so you can really poke into all the nooks and crannies without poking out the eye) and don&#39;t forget subconjunctival space.</p> <p>Wash, wash, wash, wash, wash.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>