My baby Brabanter has small pink swollen bumps above her eyes and towards her beak. The swelling looks the same on both sides. One eye has been a tad watery and she wants to close it, but other than that she doesn't have any other symptoms - no discharge, yucky smell, bubbly stuff or crust. She is in a box with pine shaving bedding and 3 other chicks the same age. Could she have possibly got some of the bedding in her eyes? She does have a tendency to scratch her head often. I'm just wondering if she irritated them or if it's maybe something more serious.
I started flushing out her eyes with sterile saline and putting some neosporin in them. Fingers crossed that this works. Any other advice? Should I separate her from the others? They really hate it when I do that, even if it's just for a few minutes so I'm hesitant to do it unless I really think she's sick.
Thanks BYCers!
Heidi
I started flushing out her eyes with sterile saline and putting some neosporin in them. Fingers crossed that this works. Any other advice? Should I separate her from the others? They really hate it when I do that, even if it's just for a few minutes so I'm hesitant to do it unless I really think she's sick.
Thanks BYCers!
Heidi