I know, I know, you can only submit 2 pictures to the calendar. But they should make an exception for this one - it is stunning!
It's like she's put little Neddy in her pocket
I can almost hear her channelling Queen Victoria: "We are not amused"So probably a stick or something instead an infection. That is great news. You're right its very good that it bled. Good job catching and helping her out!
Give her a hug from me when you carry her next time.
Lilly is glad to hear she is doing better.
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That is Lilly's happy face.
You have reminded me of an Appaloosa x Arab gelding I had on loan during my teens - he used to love blackberries. I'd pick handfuls from the hedgerows round the field for him to stuff his face with and he would get purple stains all over his muzzle!
My girls make the same noise; it doesn't seem to be an alarm, I've always interpreted it has a sort of happy sighing sound
Beautiful, they look very content
Ahem... I was Hattie's biggest fan first!
That is just the best news. I'm so glad.Fat Bird went to see Gloria the vet this evening. I took a while but eventually having checked ears and nasal passages with an endoscope and not found anything that would cause such swelling around the eye and although the ear mites were evident they were few and most were dead from the treatment I had given Fat Bird. Gloria cleaned out the ear.
Despite have a good illuminated magnifying glass initially Gloria couldn't see anything in the eye. It was only when Fat Bird blinked that a tiny piece of something momentarily showed itself and then disappeared pretty much invisible to the naked eye.
After numbing the eye and a bit of very careful digging Gloria manged to remove a piece of debris about the size of a thumbnail cutting. This piece of debris had worked it's way right under the eyeball. There was no way I would have even seen it let alone got it out. It looked like it may have been a piece of straw.
The transformation in the state of Fat Birds eye was very obvious after just a few minutes.
A thorough clean and a drop of antibiotic eye ointment and Fat Birds eye was back to almost normal.
Gloria thinks the cuts around the eye may have been self inflicted as Fat Bird scratched around the eye. Three days of ointment treatment morning and night and hopefully that's Fat Bird sorted.
Needless to say Fat Bird was not impressed with any of it. Once home she ate supper and wandered off to join the others who had gone to roost.
Oh yeah, the cost for this, 18 Euros plus whatever the eye ointment costs when I pick it up in the morning.
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