Duck puffy eye??

TheChickenGirl1

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Sep 18, 2012
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Hi everyone, My drake Puddles has a swollen eye with lots of mucus and such.
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His eye is swollen shut and I need help to treat him!! other than his eye, he seems fine as far as walking and eating. He doesn't seem to have any pain but I know this isn't normal!!
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Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!! Thank you!
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I don't know much about ducks, but it sounds like it may be a respiratory disease such as MG. Tylan, Gallimycin, and oxytetracycline are used to treat symptoms, but the duck remains a carrier. Posting in the duck thread may get more help. Here is info about MG:

Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Synonyms: MG, chronic respiratory disease (CRD), infectious sinusitis, mycoplasmosis
Species affected: chickens, turkeys, pigeons, ducks, peafowl and passerine birds.
Clinical signs: Clinical symptoms vary slightly between species. Infected adult chickens may show no outward signs if infection is uncomplicated. However, sticky, serous exudate from nostrils, foamy exudate in eyes, and swollen sinuses can occur, especially in broilers. The air sacs may become infected. Infected birds can develop respiratory rales and sneeze. Affected birds are often stunted and unthrifty (see Table 1).
There are two forms of this disease in the turkey. With the "upper form" the birds have watery eyes and nostrils, the infraorbitals (just below the eye) become swollen, and the exudate becomes caseous and firm. The birds have respiratory rales and show unthriftiness.
With the "lower form", infected turkeys develop airsacculitis. As with chickens, birds can show no outward signs if the infection is uncomplicated. Thus, the condition may go unnoticed until the birds are slaughtered and the typical legions are seen. Birds with airsacculitis are condemned.
MG in chicken embryos can cause dwarfing, airsacculitis, and death.
Transmission: MG can be spread to offspring through the egg. Most commercial breeding flocks, however, are MG-free. Introduction of infected replacement birds can introduce the disease to MG-negative flocks. MG can also be spread by using MG-contaminated equipment.
Treatment : Outbreaks of MG can be controlled with the use of antibiotics. Erythromycin, tylosin, spectinomycin, and lincomycin all exhibit anti-mycoplasma activity and have given good results. Administration of most of these antibiotics can be by feed, water or injection. These are effective in reducing clinical disease. However, birds remain carriers for life.
Prevention: Eradication is the best control of mycoplasma disease. The National Poultry Improvement Plan monitors all participating chicken and turkey breeder flocks.
 
There is something called foamy eye, and if not treated it can get worse. Ducks can get eye infections especially if they don't have a way to wash their heads.

Vetericyn makes an eye gel - that is very helpful. You could also mist the eye gently with Vetericyn spray or if those are not available or affordable, you could try a saline solution.

If it goes too long, too far, you may need oral antibiotics, and a vet could help best with that, I think.

Still, if you get on it right away with Vetericyn or saline solution you may be okay. There are opthalmic antibiotic gels, too. But you may need a prescription . . . some things are sold at feed stores.

You could also post over on the Duck Forum for more responses.
 
Ok thank you guys I will definitely try the medicine and I will separate him from the others for a while. I will also post this on the duck forum. Thanks so much
 

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