eye injury - unsure on how to continue. eye looks like a complete loss

[cluckingheck]

Tater Tot is a 1yr old BBRed OEGB

It’s been 3 days since i first noticed his eye was shut and the swelling. I think he got into a fight as that side of his face was a little bloody. It has progressively gotten worse but he has started to opened his eye. There’s pus and a clear, gel-type discharge. I have saline solution that I had been rinsing it out with daily but I don’t no what to do nor do I have any triple antibiotic ointment that can go in the eye. His eye looks beyond saving. I don’t know what to do beyond going to a vet or trying to remove it myself????

pictures of his eye

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the black on his comb is from frostbite. and there’s some mud.

 

[deidreg]

Poor baby! Get a tube of Terramycin ointment.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/pfizer-terramycin-opthalmic-ointment-1-8-oz?cm_vc=-10005

Clean eye gently with sterile gauze and apply ointment twice a day. This is what I did in a similar situation.

Good luck!

 

[Eggcessive]

You can use regular plain Neosporin twice a day if you cannot find Terramycin eye ointment at your feed store. I would continue to flush with saline or eye wash. It does look possibly ruptured, but I would continued to clean it.

 

[cluckingheck]

Poor baby! Get a tube of Terramycin ointment.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/pfizer-terramycin-opthalmic-ointment-1-8-oz?cm_vc=-10005

Clean eye gently with sterile gauze and apply ointment twice a day. This is what I did in a similar situation.

Good luck!

Was the injury similar to what im dealing with? I don’t want him to lose his eye but it doesn’t look like it’s something his eye can recover from.

 

[deidreg]

My hen wasn't injured, but the eye was seriously infected. The eye may not function, but you can at least try to stop the infection.

 

[Eggcessive]

The gelatinous discharge could be the vitreous matter inside the eye, but I would treat it for at least a week or two, to make sure. Is a vet possible?

 

[cluckingheck]

here’s some more pictures

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[cluckingheck]

The gelatinous discharge could be the vitreous matter inside the eye, but I would treat it for at least a week or two, to make sure. Is a vet possible?

Not any locally and I don’t have the money if it’d end up being $700+ for treatment.

 

[cluckingheck]

My hen wasn't injured, but the eye was seriously infected. The eye may not function, but you can at least try to stop the infection.

At this point, I don’t care much whether he can see out of it or not, I just want it to stop hurting/heal however much possible because I know it is bothering him something awful.

 

[cluckingheck]

was able to get terramycin tonight. rinsed his eye and put the ointment on. here’s what it looked like before doing all that

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