I hatched Coco on Aug 3. She’s almost 3 weeks old. She was an assisted hatch.
Her right eye didn’t open for several days after hatching. It never appeared gunky, but I put saline solution on it a few times a day and eventually it opened a slit. She does have some vision in it.
Now we’ve progressed to where her eye can be open about 3/4 of the way, but doesn’t usually stay that way. I started seeing the most progress during the last week when I started applying Terramycin twice a day AND holding her for a few minutes afterward so she couldn’t immediately scratch it away. She does scratch at the eye periodically, even when I haven’t put anything on it. The lower part of her eyelid appears puffy.
The last few days there has been no change. Sometimes it’s closed, sometimes there’s a slit, sometimes it’s mostly open. I’m wondering what, if anything, I should do next.
Should I continue the Terramycin? Should I do saline? Should I do both? Should I do nothing? I welcome other opinions.
Her right eye didn’t open for several days after hatching. It never appeared gunky, but I put saline solution on it a few times a day and eventually it opened a slit. She does have some vision in it.
Now we’ve progressed to where her eye can be open about 3/4 of the way, but doesn’t usually stay that way. I started seeing the most progress during the last week when I started applying Terramycin twice a day AND holding her for a few minutes afterward so she couldn’t immediately scratch it away. She does scratch at the eye periodically, even when I haven’t put anything on it. The lower part of her eyelid appears puffy.
The last few days there has been no change. Sometimes it’s closed, sometimes there’s a slit, sometimes it’s mostly open. I’m wondering what, if anything, I should do next.
Should I continue the Terramycin? Should I do saline? Should I do both? Should I do nothing? I welcome other opinions.
