Your correct about it being some form of blunt trama to his eye. That's exactly what the vet told me that it looks like to her. She said he possibly banged his eye onto something really hard or even a fall. I asked her about the dried blood on his nose and that it doesn't look like superficial scratches of any sort, that it looked like it came from inside his nose. She said that in chinchillas the tear ducts are connected to the nose and that is where the blood came from as some of it might have drained out. For his eye she prescribed me Gentamicin Sulfate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.3% and Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.1%. She told me to give 1 drop of the 1st solution then 30 minutes later give 1 drop of the 2nd solution. Continue this every 12 hours.
I asked her about an xray and if she felt it was necessary and she said he doesn't seem wobbly and seems active and alert so no xray today. She looked at his teeth and said they looked great. When she checked his heart, however, she said that he has a slight heart murmur and given a rating from 1-6 she gave it a 2-3. I asked if that was a problem and she said at the moment it could be due to him being stressed. I go back for a follow-up visit on Sunday.
Thoughts?
