Scintillation
Hatching
Hi BYC Members!
Firstly I'd like to thank you all for this AMAZING website. It is beyond informative and I'm so grateful to all you lovely people who share your knowledge and expertise! I usually lurk since 90+% of all problems have already been asked but now, google has failed me. I need help with a 5 day old chick's eye.
THE ISSUE;
I had 4 babies hatch out on the 13th of April; they are all doing fine except this one chick. His/her left eye is constantly watery and when I first looked closely at it (2-3 days ago), it had some down wedged into the corner of the eye. Long story short; down was removed from eye and clipped, antibacterial ointment (eye-safe!) was applied to her eye, but I've come to find that IT WON'T CLOSE.
(bad eye open)
Her lower eyelid is weirdly non-responsive; to 'blink', she mostly uses her 3rd eyelid instead of her lower lid. When she falls asleep, her eyelid SLOWLY closes around 2/3rds of the way, leaving a dark slit where her eyeball is visible. As you can see, her left eye is also very watery. I'm not sure if this is to compensate for her eye never closing correctly or if there is something quite wrong. She is also my only case of recurring pasty butt.
(bad eye "closed")
Her right eye is perfectly fine.
(good eye)
She eats well, sleeps well, drinks and plays. It's her eyeball that seems to bother her (she sometimes scratches it. When the down was stuck, she screamed when it was scratched. Now that it's removed, she doesn't yelp anymore). Is this going to affect her in the long run? Has anyone dealt with this before? I've tried to find other threads where this has happened but it's all threads where the eye won't open. HELP! (Apologies if this thread is in the wrong area!)
Firstly I'd like to thank you all for this AMAZING website. It is beyond informative and I'm so grateful to all you lovely people who share your knowledge and expertise! I usually lurk since 90+% of all problems have already been asked but now, google has failed me. I need help with a 5 day old chick's eye.
THE ISSUE;
I had 4 babies hatch out on the 13th of April; they are all doing fine except this one chick. His/her left eye is constantly watery and when I first looked closely at it (2-3 days ago), it had some down wedged into the corner of the eye. Long story short; down was removed from eye and clipped, antibacterial ointment (eye-safe!) was applied to her eye, but I've come to find that IT WON'T CLOSE.
Her lower eyelid is weirdly non-responsive; to 'blink', she mostly uses her 3rd eyelid instead of her lower lid. When she falls asleep, her eyelid SLOWLY closes around 2/3rds of the way, leaving a dark slit where her eyeball is visible. As you can see, her left eye is also very watery. I'm not sure if this is to compensate for her eye never closing correctly or if there is something quite wrong. She is also my only case of recurring pasty butt.
Her right eye is perfectly fine.
She eats well, sleeps well, drinks and plays. It's her eyeball that seems to bother her (she sometimes scratches it. When the down was stuck, she screamed when it was scratched. Now that it's removed, she doesn't yelp anymore). Is this going to affect her in the long run? Has anyone dealt with this before? I've tried to find other threads where this has happened but it's all threads where the eye won't open. HELP! (Apologies if this thread is in the wrong area!)
