Recent content by yahtzee

oh jeez, what a horrible, sickening thought. yes, it was pour-on (the damerow book didn't specify or note the difference) but i stopped because i felt that it was irritating more than helping and i couldn't stand the idea of causing her greater discomfort. her eyes looked red and fairly bad, but...

i thought i saw a tiny worm come out of one eye, but i really can't be sure. it was quite small. and now both her eyes look horrible. after two days of treatment. they are red and distorted-looking. i'm now afraid that it's not eye worm and i'm creating permanent damage. i really cannot imagine...

thank you. it's fairly nerve-wracking to put something directly into the eye; i'm afraid of really hurting her, much less causing permanent damage. on the other hand, the condition isn't improving at all, despite all our treatments, and i'm getting somewhat desperate. i'll try getting a better...

in the cleft. numerous times.

our now pullet-aged cuckoo maran has had swollen nictitating membranes, one much worse than the other, for months. we tried long rounds of opthalmic erythromycin and terramycin as well as a homeopathic pink eye medicine. nothing has worked. i'm beginning to think it's eye worm, as some photos...

We have a 4+ week Cuckoo Maran. About 2 weeks ago she started sneezing and her eyes looked somewhat rheumy and distorted. We put her, and the two other chicks (which are healthy), on Terramycin in their water. They received the antibiotic for about 5 days, and then have been off for maybe a...