Guinea Keet swollen eye, birth defect or disease?

[charid]

One more thing I treated it will eye rinse just now and immediately it began oozing and is mushy and sticky. The eye is breaking down. It may not have tear ducts or blood supply. I dont know if he can survive to full grown. I will continue to do what I can. I need an actual vet but cant fathom spending $45 just to show up at the vets when they dont even treat farm animals. I dont know of any poultry or bird doctor.

 

[GitaBooks]

Sounds like he is developing an abcess inside of his eye. To treat it it needs opened, drained, rinsed and left open to continue draining. This can be done by a vet, but with proper information you may be able to do it yourself if you can't find a vet who works with poultry.
A parrot or bird vet will likely be able to drain a wound like this and tell you what to do about it, since it isn't species specific.

I hope this helps and it can survive. Best of luck!

 

[charid]

Honestly last I checked it looked like the eyeball is gone. Im keeping it cleaned. He is half the size of the others but eats and drinks, poops and sleeps. I guess I will have to put an ad out for a poultry vet cause noone seems to know of any around here.

 

[charid]

Update.... His eyelid has reopened (couple days ago) and the eyeball is still there. All signs of infection are gone. Became very active and suffered slipped tendon. Since beginning treatment (we have finished day 2) he has already recovered a significant amount of function. This bird is an anomaly. He didnt stand a chance and yet he is pulling through. Crazy...

 

[GitaBooks]

That's so awesome! I'm so glad he is doing well. : )

 

[jakeopatty]

Hi everyone. This is probably old but I need help... my female guinea has had this condition with her eye for a while now and it will sometimes swell up but then seem to start to go away. It really worries me but an Avian vet said it would be $93 just to look at her... anyone have any advice? Right now it is very swollen and it looks awful!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Hi everyone. This is probably old but I need help... my female guinea has had this condition with her eye for a while now and it will sometimes swell up but then seem to start to go away. It really worries me but an Avian vet said it would be $93 just to look at her... anyone have any advice? Right now it is very swollen and it looks awful!

Oh ouch! Have you tried posting about your bird on the diseases forum of BYCs? Do you have any mixed animal vets where you live instead of exotic animal vets? I hope you are able to do something for the poor girl!

 

[jakeopatty]

Oh ouch! Have you tried posting about your bird on the diseases forum of BYCs? Do you have any mixed animal vets where you live instead of exotic animal vets? I hope you are able to do something for the poor girl!

No I haven't I honestly don't know what or where to go to ask questions!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

No I haven't I honestly don't know what or where to go to ask questions!

Go to the Forums section, then scroll down to Emergencies/Diseases/Injuries and Cures

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/

 

[Sydney65]

Common questions are is there any drainage from the eyes or nose, mouth, or foul odor - suspect coryza.
"Ocular Marek’s disease symptoms are irregularly shaped pupils, gray or cloudy eyes, difficulty seeing, and finally total blindness in one or both eyes. A chicken’s owner may realize something is wrong when the chicken doesn’t respond to human approach, or when it has trouble picking up small food items. It has more difficulty eating, drinking, and navigating as the disease progresses. Since chickens exhibiting symptoms of any form of Marek’s suffer and eventually die, the most merciful option is to humanely euthanize them as soon as the disease."

(Copied info)
Mycoplasma gallisepticum: signs can include foamy eyes, sneezing, nasal discharge, swollen eyelids and sinuses, reduced egg production and gasping in chickens, turkeys and pheasants, swollen sinuses in waterfowl.
Images - https://www.google.com/search?q=Myc...VATkQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=753&bih=1205&dpr=2.13

And if it's an eye worm, you'll see a squiggly thing on the eye.

I swear it was vet rx I had and put in my Blue's eye once when it was infected, and it cleared right up. That said, whatever it was had instructions for eye use and the instructions online now do not, so I'm afraid to suggest it.
I'd def isolate until you sort it out.