Welcome to BYC! Can you take her to a vet?My peahen had a traumic eye injury. Picked up some antibiotic ointment to put on her eye, but 2 days later it was even worse. Now it looks like she has no eye left. She is under a heat lamp, isolated. Can she survive? Does it require stitches by a vet to close it up? Should she be put to sleep? I hate to see her suffer. She keeps opening and closing her beak also. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
I called our vet. She told me to come pick up an antibiotic topical ointment terramycin. I just wonder how/if the eye heals after the trauma
Well, either it will work or it won't. There are lots of peas that either have limited sight or are blind in one eye. I have two hens that are blind in one eye, one looks fairly normal even though the eye does not work at all and the other has lost the eye and has a constant low-grade infection. The one with the infection will build up a large glob of yellow pus and will need to be cleaned out every six weeks or so during the warm months and given an injection of Baytril. Then she is fine for a month or more then will require cleaning again. She takes a bit of maintenance but she is a really good girl.
Is that coryza?
No, it is from an injury.
