hello,last week i found my 1 yr.old silkie (casey) with her eye swollen shut.me and the dh chhecked her eye and did find something in it.so i flushed with saline and put terramycin in her eye and kept her in the house.the next day i noticed she had fluid in her nostrils and stuff stuck to her beak,so i thought possibly resp.my flock has been exposed,but they are pets and my flock is closed.so i started her on duramycin.for 2 days i smelled no infection.on day 3 i noticed a large amount of goo on her eye.when i picked her up the smell was horrible.so the dh held her and i saturated a couple of cotton balls w/saline,the first wipe i got the whole glob off,and almost lost my breakfast.the second wipe got more goo and something black.it had shape,so again almost lost my breakfast and quickly threw it out.i flushed then used the terramycin.as an after thought i wondered if it had been her eye ball.
i shouldve examined it.so tomorrow will be 7 days on the duramycin,and 5 days using the saline and terramycin twice a day.i havent smelled infection since i got all that goo out,and alot of swelling has gone done,but not all.i see no more liquid in her nostrils and her beak is clean.her eating,pooing,drinking is all good,but she still wont open her eye.so should i finish up her meds tomorrow then put her back out monday or what? is there anything else you all can recommend or is this the best its gonna be? sorry this is so long but i wanted to give alot of facts.thanks for any advice..
