Duck lost an eye, what do I do?

Yesterday we had a storm of Epic proportions. Baseball size hail for almost 15 minutes straight. When it was starting and just under golf ball size, I went outside and drove our six ducks into their duck hut. As the hail got bigger, it smashed through the "hail proof" PVC roof like tissue paper. We moved the ducks inside the house as quickly as we could, and checking them out they seem to have no broken bones, wings, or cut feet form the PVC. Unfortunately Ruth, our sweet little Chocolate India Runner Duck, lost her left eye? What do I need to do for her now?

Thanks, We are taking her in to see a vet in about 45 minutes. Unfortunately we do not have any Avian vets anywhere really near us, but our local vet used to have a rural practice where she treated Ducks, and Chickens, so even though she is now a small animal specialist, I know some neighbors take their chickens to her.

We brought all the ducks in last night, and had to keep them in a space far too small (The Dog crate that was their brooder when they were little). This meant kicking our 4 week old rescue duckling out into a cardboard box overnight. How we will isolate Ruth as well, I don't know, but we will find a way. My son is just devastated, as Ruth is his favourite, and she follows him all around the yard. .
 

Turns out Ruth's eyelid is badly ripped, and swollen, and her eye is bruised, injured, and sightless at present, but the globe is still intact. She has moved inside into our big Dog Crate (it was big enough to house 6 ducklings at 6 weeks old) and we have Tobramycin Ophtalmic Solution to give her three times a day. Our vet thinks that she will probably make a good recovery, and even regain sight in the eye. If that doesn't appear to be the case in a week when we go back for a progress check, then we will talk about anesthetizing her, and surgically removing the (in that case sightless) eye to prevent infection and further damage. Ruth was very good. She stopped fussing after a few minutes, and let herself be weighted, and examined. Then she sat in my lap for an hour or so while the Dog crate was cleaned out from last night, rebedded and made ready for her.

We are going to be Dog Crate central for a while. Ruth is in this crate; we a re borrowing a smaller crate for our month old rescued Moscovy Duckling. Last month, the city removed a feral colony near our son's school, and missed a duckling, then he was found walking a bloc away at the school by a teacher, and since they knew we had ducks, they called us; and until I can repair the Duck Hut we are borrowing more crates for the other 5 to go into at night.

But at least all the girls are taken care of. Interesting third month of Duck ownership. I'm hoping each month isn't more exciting than the last, because I don't know how much more excitement I can take. :)

Turns out Ruth's eyelid is badly ripped, and swollen, and her eye is bruised, injured, and sightless at present, but the globe is still intact. She has moved inside into our big Dog Crate (it was big enough to house 6 ducklings at 6 weeks old) and we have Tobramycin Ophtalmic Solution to give her three times a day. Our vet thinks that she will probably make a good recovery, and even regain sight in the eye. If that doesn't appear to be the case in a week when we go back for a progress check, then we will talk about anesthetizing her, and surgically removing the (in that case sightless) eye to prevent infection and further damage. Ruth was very good. She stopped fussing after a few minutes, and let herself be weighted, and examined. Then she sat in my lap for an hour or so while the Dog crate was cleaned out from last night, rebedded and made ready for her.

We are going to be Dog Crate central for a while. Ruth is in this crate; we a re borrowing a smaller crate for our month old rescued Moscovy Duckling. Last month, the city removed a feral colony near our son's school, and missed a duckling, then he was found walking a bloc away at the school by a teacher, and since they knew we had ducks, they called us; and until I can repair the Duck Hut we are borrowing more crates for the other 5 to go into at night.

But at least all the girls are taken care of. Interesting third month of Duck ownership. I'm hoping each month isn't more exciting than the last, because I don't know how much more excitement I can take. :)