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    Pecked eye - flipflop the sablepoot

    Hi, Shabana --- Sorry that yesterday and today I have been tied up with the other chicken's eye thread. She got the infection cleared up and with the help of a photo, I could finally tell for sure what we were dealing with. Tomorrow, I will pick up with your questions and check into those...
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    Help with eye injury.

    Very Important: read PM before you decide anything
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    Help with eye injury.

    If you can keep it relatively free of infection, I think it will knit together. That is what would happen anyway --- the stitches just help hold it closed. It could be much worse --- gaping open or with a few chunks missing (graph necessary) . The scarring may be a little thicker. On the...
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    Help with eye injury.

    They DO look like they are laughing. There are few experiences more gratifying than rescuing an animal. They deserve so much more than what many people give them.
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    Help with eye injury.

    Hi Again, Roz --- I am still so impressed with your photo! You are right - this is painful. Many animals would rub it with their paw and just make it worse. They would need to wear an Elizabethan collar (like a plastic funnel). At least Lily is spared that inconvenience. TREATMENT: A few...
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    Help with eye injury.

    Okay so you have the prognosis. Here is the diagnosis for you: corneal laceration with hyphema ( bleeding inside the anterior chamber of the eye). That is why the eye looks so black; consider how blackish - purple a bruise can be. A bruise is just diffuse bleeding into tissue. I will post...
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    Help with eye injury.

    CONGRATULATIONS, ROZ!!!:D Never have I seen it so true that a picture was worth a 1000 words.... answered all my questions. Let me get something to drink (nothing serious; I like orange soda) and I will settle in to tell you exactly what I would do with this. Bottom line: this should heal up...
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    Help with eye injury.

    Hi, Roz --- I'm here. I'm thinking. Are you still keeping up the aspirin? I haven't found anything that indicates that aspirin would NOT cause the same G.I. bleeding as it does in humans. Keep an eye on her poop for that. When you say the eye is black.... could you expound on that? Is it...
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    Pecked eye - flipflop the sablepoot

    Hi, Shabana --- I am thinking this over... will get back to you on your questions regarding the clarithromycin. I will get you the list of vet ophthalmic ointments that you may be able to try buying online. Think it over. You need to be comfortable with your decision. I will respect it...
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    Pekin Duck Feathers almost gone on Wing ? see photo?

    Hi, Kim --- Beautiful Pekin! The bright orange feet denote a male whereas the female have duller orange feet. I agree he is probably molting. You know that domestic ducks cannot fly even with normal wings? I worry about what will happen to him this winter. You seem pretty attached.... it's...
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    Help with eye injury.

    Hi to All --- I have been reading up on the latest on Marek's Disease in chickens which means being up to date on vaccines as there is still no treatment. I could tell you everything you never wanted to know about the disease and how to prevent it with vaccines and bio protocols. As far as...
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    Pecked eye - flipflop the sablepoot

    Whoa! It just occurred that we have not covered probiotics! I read back thru your posts and saw no mention of them. As you know any course of antibiotics kills off the good and bad bacteria. The good is needed for proper digestion. Very important. You can try feeding a tablespoon of yogurt...
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    Pecked eye - flipflop the sablepoot

    A :D to brighten your day!
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    Pecked eye - flipflop the sablepoot

    Hi, Shabana! How are you and Flipflop? The problem I have in making a recommendation on what antibiotic to switch to is that I do not know what you have available. Perhaps your resources are similar to ours. In both countries , you can go to the Vet. Or buy things at shops meant for...
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    Canadian Geese Flew Away Today Left Injured one but they tried

    Hi, Kim --- How are the geese? I can assure you that I DO NOT want this goose for dinner! I PROMISE! I am a vegetarian. Once she comes here to live, I will send you photos. You can come visit if you like. I don't think it would be a good idea to try to take this goose away from it's...
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    Help with beaten up/ infested Pekin duck!

    I just read everything that I could find at WebMD on turpentine oil. It does NOT say it can be used in wounds. They list it as a "skin irritant" and "unsafe".
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    Pecked eye - flipflop the sablepoot

    Good Morning, Shabana (I think as it is Good Night here.....) Thanks for the info. It was very helpful. So, we are starting on a week course of the Tylan & eye drops. By the end of that week we will have a plan in place. I think the key here is to switch to a stronger antibiotic. Note that...
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    Help with eye injury.

    Hi, Roz & Lily & Everyone --- I can't say much tonight as I am falling asleep. To nutshell it: Lily is definitely holding her own w alot of help from you. The LACK of intense redness or swelling of the conjunctiva tells me a lot --- good news. The pus pocket draining and the minimal pus...
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    Canadian Geese Flew Away Today Left Injured one but they tried

    Hi, Kim --- THANK YOU so much for getting back to me with a PM. Now we just have to figure out the best way to help this guy. I take it from the photos that he is fairly full grown? I am thinking this over and I will get back to you after the weekend. Three years ago, we rescued a domestic...
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    Help with eye injury.

    THANKS, Kathy!
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