If you can find prednisone eye drops, that would work wonders on the swelling. But you have to know some old people who've had recent cataract surgery and have the drops left over or convince a vet to prescribe them.
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We went ahead and made another appointment with the head vet tomorrow morning. I did get a call from the vet who worked in his eye last week and it almost seemed like she didn’t believe me that we got a piece of wood out. She said maybe he got it in there after she looked in his eye. I said he’s been in the basement on a cement floor on a piece of plastic and there are no wood chips anywhere. I said the only time he has seen wood chips was yesterday for an hour when he was with his hens, and that was a week after she saw him.Lay him on his side and flush the eye so the solution runs off toward the other eye. Don't worry too much about him aspirating as the nares are a connected tunnel and the solution will just run out the other one.
Good luck shaming the vet into seeing him without charge. If nothing else, it will let you know if they are more interested in animal welfare than the god Money.
Nope. Midwest. Thank you.Are you in California by any chance? In the silicon valley country? Vets there have been cleaning up charging outrageous fees to people who have enthusiastically embraced backyard chickens.
Happy he's doing better in spite of the poor vet treatment.