Blind rooster eye shrinking

[Jrchik0624]

I have a recently blind rooster, he became blind November of last year by another rooster. Everything is fine but im worried about his eye. I will insert a picture, but it seems that his blind eye has recently shrunk, like if it got really small. I have a pic of his other eye compared to his recently blind eye. Is this something i should be concerned about? What can I do? Thanks for the help. Also the pic looks a little low quality, I cant go take another one right now because its dark. Pls help

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi,

I'm just guessing here that the eyeball where he was injured has dried up, so the lids around it aren't used and just shrinking to fill the gap. I don't think there's anything wrong with him and no loss since he was already blind in that eye.

Hopefully, he'll just live a normal life.

 

[Jrchik0624]

So would it just eventually all close up? Can I hidrate the eye? Thanks

 

[Jrchik0624]

So would it eventually all close up? Can i hidrate it to prevent it from shrinking more? Thanks

 

[RubelliteRose]

It is somewhat normal for a blind eye to shrink especially if the blindness was caused by injury or infection. You cannot stop it and eventually it will stop shrinking on its own. Sometimes the process causes pain and sometimes it is painless. Keep watching him, but if he is acting fine, he is probably not in pain.

 

[Debbie292d]

So would it eventually all close up? Can i hidrate it to prevent it from shrinking more? Thanks

I doubt it hurts him, at least not anymore, and it isn't showing any signs of infection, but if you wanted to, you could put a little bit of Neosporin or triple antibiotic ointment (plain) on it.