Blocked choanal slit???

[erinrstrain]

hi. i’ve been treating a hen for a watery, swollen eye. it was crusted shut but has remained open for 48 hours after i started tylan 50 and vet rx. after(obsessively) reading these forums i decided to check her choanal slit and wowza is it packed. it’s yellow and it stinks. i pressed her nostril after a warm compress and an unsatisfying amount of pus came out. i pressed on it with a qtip dabbed in warm saline. i know it will make her feel better if it comes out. can someone guide this newbie?

 

[Eggcessive]

I would give the Tylan orally, a few drops at a time, letting her swallow. Tylan can cause tissue damage with injections sometimes, so it is safer to give orally. Sometimes when giving a subcutaneous injection, there can be leakage at the site.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are a couple of good threads about sinus infections with gunk up into the choanal slit, and how they removed it:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/growth-in-chickens-nose-help.1164666/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sinus-infection-photos.1112461/

 

[erinrstrain]

i dislodged a chunk this morning - nowhere near all of it but enough to losen it up and get things going. her eye is still weepy but it looks more like mine when i don’t take my claritin - not infected and goopy.
i have her her tylan 50 in the neck today and it left a bubble and bled some - is that bad?

 

[erinrstrain]

i’m on day 4 of the shots - is it ok to start orally?

 

[erinrstrain]

update: i’ve been working at that pus calcification in her choanal slit since friday and got another big chunk this morning. holy cow it stunk. i’m going to irrigate her sinuses a little bit throughout the week and hopefully see some movement. her eye is still watery so im flushing with saline.

 

[Eggcessive]

It doesn’t matter whether the Tylan is oral or by injection, but the oral is safer if given a drop or two at a time. Sounds like you are doing a good job. Here is a thread where the OP’s chicken had solid pus in the eye socket for 3 months and just go it out:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/swollen-eye-lethargic-laying-rubber-eggs.1277399/page-6

That is a great job getting the pus out of her beak.

 

[erinrstrain]

sunny visited the vet today. we started a sulfa and anti inflammatory. i’m to continue the pus removal much to sunny’s displeasure.

 

[erinrstrain]

my sunny girl died today when they were removing the pus from her face at the vet. not sure what happened - she was likely septic. there was lots and lots of pus so she was very sick.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

I'm sorry.