Chicken with swollen eye

[Accidentalhomesteader]

How is your girl? I hope on the mend

You are so sweet to check in!! I am have meant to post. We found a vet that would take her this past Saturday thank goodness! They said she had a sinus infection and a ‘blown out sinus’. They think her leg is also an infection and not an injury. We have been giving her clendamycin (not sure that’s spelled right) twice daily but haven’t seen any improvement. We are going to contact the vet tomorrow and let them know so we can get her on something different. At least that’s what the vet said to do. My husband took her and didn’t ask about getting the rest of the puss out of her eye but the vet never mentioned a thing about it. Just wanted her on the medication.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

You are so sweet to check in!! I am have meant to post. We found a vet that would take her this past Saturday thank goodness! They said she had a sinus infection and a ‘blown out sinus’. They think her leg is also an infection and not an injury. We have been giving her clendamycin (not sure that’s spelled right) twice daily but haven’t seen any improvement. We are going to contact the vet tomorrow and let them know so we can get her on something different. At least that’s what the vet said to do. My husband took her and didn’t ask about getting the rest of the puss out of her eye but the vet never mentioned a thing about it. Just wanted her on the medication.

I'm glad you were able to see the vet.
Hopefully they can get her on the right medications and this will clear up.

 

[alinas2010]

You are so sweet to check in!! I am have meant to post. We found a vet that would take her this past Saturday thank goodness! They said she had a sinus infection and a ‘blown out sinus’. They think her leg is also an infection and not an injury. We have been giving her clendamycin (not sure that’s spelled right) twice daily but haven’t seen any improvement. We are going to contact the vet tomorrow and let them know so we can get her on something different. At least that’s what the vet said to do. My husband took her and didn’t ask about getting the rest of the puss out of her eye but the vet never mentioned a thing about it. Just wanted her on the medication.

I’m also glad you were able to find vet care. Good luck and I hope she starts to get better soon. These things seem tricky to clear sometimes, rooting for you.

 

[alinas2010]

Can you advise me on something @Wyorp Rock? I know your advice is in high demand, so no worries if not.

When this happened, back in 2022, and after reading many similar threads on here, I saw that Neosporin (plain) could be used in place of this ophthalmic ointment I had on hand. I think it’s called Triple Antibiotic HC ointment, idk if that’s the official name or not, I do know it was prescribed by our vet for a dog eye infection. In fact, I later asked our vet if Neosporin could be used in place of this ointment, also, since I had seen that here and she said yes. So Ive always thought it was A-okay to use for eyes. But today, someone here told me Neosporin can cause eye issues and it shouldn’t be used on eyes in any species. So I looked into it and indeed the brand Neosporin is advising not to use in eyes. I had no idea. As far as I can tell from researching, it’s due to the neomycin ingredient. But I’ve looked at Neosporin ingredients and they appear to actually be the almost the same as this ophthalmic ointment, which also contains neomycin (aside from this ointment containing a hydrocortisone ingredient). So now I’m confused, is Neosporin really bad for eyes, or is that one of those warnings that’s exaggerated a bit? What is your opinion? I feel like I would still be okay using Neosporin on any of our animals’ eyes. I just can’t fathom some company would specifically put neomycin in an ophthalmic ointment if it was truly an eye irritant.

Ingredients for comparison:

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you advise me on something @Wyorp Rock? I know your advice is in high demand, so no worries if not.

When this happened, back in 2022, and after reading many similar threads on here, I saw that Neosporin (plain) could be used in place of this ophthalmic ointment I had on hand. I think it’s called Triple Antibiotic HC ointment, idk if that’s the official name or not, I do know it was prescribed by our vet for a dog eye infection. In fact, I later asked our vet if Neosporin could be used in place of this ointment, also, since I had seen that here and she said yes. So Ive always thought it was A-okay to use for eyes. But today, someone here told me Neosporin can cause eye issues and it shouldn’t be used on eyes in any species. So I looked into it and indeed the brand Neosporin is advising not to use in eyes. I had no idea. As far as I can tell from researching, it’s due to the neomycin ingredient. But I’ve looked at Neosporin ingredients and they appear to actually be the almost the same as this ophthalmic ointment, which also contains neomycin (aside from this ointment containing a hydrocortisone ingredient). So now I’m confused, is Neosporin really bad for eyes, or is that one of those warnings that’s exaggerated a bit? What is your opinion? I feel like I would still be okay using Neosporin on any of our animals’ eyes. I just can’t fathom some company would specifically put neomycin in an ophthalmic ointment if it was truly an eye irritant.

Ingredients for comparison:
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You can order Terramycin eye ointment through Amazon. Often TSC has it available in store, you probably need to ask for it since they usually have it locked in the medications case.
https://www.amazon.com/Zoetis-Terramycin-Ophthalmic-Ointment-8-Ounce/dp/B00063KGUK?th=1

 

[Debbie292d]

You can order Terramycin eye ointment through Amazon. Often TSC has it available in store, you probably need to ask for it since they usually have it locked in the medications case.
https://www.amazon.com/Zoetis-Terramycin-Ophthalmic-Ointment-8-Ounce/dp/B00063KGUK?th=1

@alinas2010 if you order this, consider creating a Zoetis account at https://www.zoetispetcare.com/account/rewards

We get great rebates from them on all of our pet prescriptions and I checked, this Terramycin is in there, too.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you advise me on something @Wyorp Rock? I know your advice is in high demand, so no worries if not.

When this happened, back in 2022, and after reading many similar threads on here, I saw that Neosporin (plain) could be used in place of this ophthalmic ointment I had on hand. I think it’s called Triple Antibiotic HC ointment, idk if that’s the official name or not, I do know it was prescribed by our vet for a dog eye infection. In fact, I later asked our vet if Neosporin could be used in place of this ointment, also, since I had seen that here and she said yes. So Ive always thought it was A-okay to use for eyes. But today, someone here told me Neosporin can cause eye issues and it shouldn’t be used on eyes in any species. So I looked into it and indeed the brand Neosporin is advising not to use in eyes. I had no idea. As far as I can tell from researching, it’s due to the neomycin ingredient. But I’ve looked at Neosporin ingredients and they appear to actually be the almost the same as this ophthalmic ointment, which also contains neomycin (aside from this ointment containing a hydrocortisone ingredient). So now I’m confused, is Neosporin really bad for eyes, or is that one of those warnings that’s exaggerated a bit? What is your opinion? I feel like I would still be okay using Neosporin on any of our animals’ eyes. I just can’t fathom some company would specifically put neomycin in an ophthalmic ointment if it was truly an eye irritant.

Ingredients for comparison:

https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-60509/ophthalmic-ophthalmic-eye/details
https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a604019.html

 

[alinas2010]

You can order Terramycin eye ointment through Amazon. Often TSC has it available in store, you probably need to ask for it since they usually have it locked in the medications case.
https://www.amazon.com/Zoetis-Terramycin-Ophthalmic-Ointment-8-Ounce/dp/B00063KGUK?th=1

@alinas2010 if you order this, consider creating a Zoetis account at https://www.zoetispetcare.com/account/rewards

We get great rebates from them on all of our pet prescriptions and I checked, this Terramycin is in there, too.

Thank you both, I actually will probably get some to have on hand.

Do either of you know why Neosporin shouldn’t be used in the eyes when it contains nearly the same ingredients? I don’t understand, I’ve used it before without issues and our vet even says it’s okay to use (in eyes), but someone here told me not to use Neosporin for eyes.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you both, I actually will probably get some to have on hand.

Do either of you know why Neosporin shouldn’t be used in the eyes when it contains nearly the same ingredients? I don’t understand, I’ve used it before without issues and our vet even says it’s okay to use (in eyes), but someone here told me not to use Neosporin for eyes.

I don't. You may want to ask the person who told you, they may be able to give you the reason.

I've used generic triple antibiotic ointment (same ingredients as Original Neosporin) many times in the eyes for various reasons for a short period of time and have not observed any issues.

Ideally, if one can get and use Terramycin, I think it would be good to do so. I don't always have that on hand, but do keep plain tia on hand, so that's what I use.