Hi, I have a female degu, who appears to have a white cloudy spot in her eye.I have read that could

Hi, I have a female degu, who appears to have a white cloudy spot in her eye.I have read that could have been caused by diabetes due to too much sugar. However, I only give them carrot and apple, which contains sugar once a month. Is there any possibilities that could be any other kind of eye infection rather than cataract, leading to blindness.

Diabetes isn't only what you eat. How your body processes glucose is also a factor. I would assume the same for a degu. Diabetes or cataracts would likely appear in both eyes, not just one. If the spot doesn't show any red, I doubt it's an infection. How quickly it came up would be an indicator also. Cataracts or diabetes would develop much slower than an infection.

A degu living in a cage will live much longer than in the wild but they still don't live very long. If yours is over three years old, it's twice it's genetic life span in the wild.