Dear ratz lovers,

As you all probably love your pets as I do, you would most certainly understand the urgency in my request. I believe that someone might beable to help.
I have pocket minitature doberman pincher that is 4 years old and she is currently going blind. What this has to do with rats, even I didn't realize until aclient of mine mentioned that the open park ravine, next to our home has an increased prevalence of wild rats. I know this is not necessarily the same as the kind of rats that you keep aspets, but the solution, I believe is within our grasp. The first Vet said cataracts (which is congenital), the second said it isalmost impossible as she is only 4 years old.

In the last 2 years we have had our cats bring many victims (rats) onto our property, but never ate them. two of our female pets (my parents female cat of many years old) and our own female cat of 4 years old, developed a hazy eye (or both) after we moved here from Randburg. Now our female dog, has the same hazyness, which has gone from a tinge to her now not being able to see at all in just over six months. Can anyone help, advise, suggest, provide links or give some keywords I can search as I am going to see the specialist at one o'clock today!!! Please

I'd suggest looking up Bells Palsy, our boxer had this when we first got him. It presents as an eye irritation and then moves to what looks like a cataract if not treated.

I don't know of any rat specific eye diseases. Any trouble with the eyes has always been due to an eye injury.

Thank you for replying. This is exactly what the specialist said. Our pet was however never injured that we know of, or never had an irritation which troubled her. The Specialist said that it is congenital and if either of her parents had diabetes, and it developed into cataracts, the cataracts (although a recessive gene) can more than likely appear early on in one or more in a litter.