Help! Duck has injured eye!

[silenthawk2x3]

I got bit by a cat (different animal I know) this summer and had an infection in less than twelve hours. It does not take long for bacteria to set up shop in even the healthiest tissue. I very easily could have lost a large portion of my hand had I waited another 24 hours. Infections from bites are nothing to laugh at or underestimate.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I'm not sure if Baytril would be good for infection from a dog bite, but one could try it for a few days and see if it helps.

-Kathy

 

[saltandpepper2]

Something I found on Baytril for dogs: so it should work?

Here are new pics of poor Abigail. She has 3 very small puncture wounds on her neck, a huge blood blister, and a very swollen third eyelid. She also has a crack on her bill. I washed out all wounds with saline solution, then put neosporin on them, and put that eye ointment on her eye. One leg seems to be nothing her, but isn't sprained/broken so I put some niacin tablets in the water to help strengthen them. If absolutely necessary, I'll go buy I different antibiotic, but would rather use what I have... To save money.

 

[casportpony]

I think something like Clavamox or amoxicillin is more common for this sort of thing, but you would have to order those.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

However, I do remember reading somewhere that Baytril is what they give to wild animals with cat bites, so maybe it will work? Try looking at some wildlife rescue sites and see what they say.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

. Flushing may need to be repeated. Puncture wounds can be left open to drain but lacerations should be dressed to protect the underlying tissues. Some puncture wounds may need to be opened up to facilitate access to the underlying traumatised tissues.
Where the pectoral muscles have been lacerated, aggressive cleaning and debridement is indicated under general anaesthesia. Torn, necrotic muscle should be removed and the wound packed with a hydrogel. A hydrocolloid dressing (eg Duoderm Extra Thin) can be applied over the wounds to provide additional protection. The wounds should be reassessed after 24 to 48 hours and a decision made as to whether wound closure is appropriate (Figure 15 to Figure 18).

 

[saltandpepper2]

Dang it. Ok. Well, I'll go to tsc tomorrow and see what I can find. The wounds actually look really clean and shallow, she's more bruised and sore than torn up. (Thank God) can you advise a antibiotic found in feed stores that I can get on a budget?
Can't thank you guys enough!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Dang it. Ok. Well, I'll go to tsc tomorrow and see what I can find. The wounds actually look really clean and shallow, she's more bruised and sore than torn up. (Thank God) can you advise a antibiotic found in feed stores that I can get on a budget?
Can't thank you guys enough!

What about Penicillin @casportpony it shows it is good for blood born infections.

About the only thing you can find in feed stores is Pen and Oxytetracycline

but Walmart carries fish antibiotics and some of them can be given to our birds.

Did you ever figure out whose dog this was? I'd be worried it may come back. seems they do when they have had this much fun. it's amazing she did get killed.

In the pic her eye doesn't look too bad.

 

[casportpony]

Dang it. Ok. Well, I'll go to tsc tomorrow and see what I can find. The wounds actually look really clean and shallow, she's more bruised and sore than torn up. (Thank God) can you advise a antibiotic found in feed stores that I can get on a budget?

Can't thank you guys enough!

What about Penicillin    @casportpony
    it shows it is good for blood born infections.

About the only thing you can find in feed stores is Pen and Oxytetracycline

but Walmart carries fish antibiotics and some of them can be given to our birds.

Did you ever figure out whose dog this was? I'd be worried it may come back. seems they do when they have had this much fun. it's amazing she did get killed.

In the pic her eye doesn't look too bad. 

Penicillin might be an option, but the one sold in feed stores is procaine penicillin, and there are warmings about procaine toxicity and smaller birds, but those warnings don't say how small small is. Has anyone reading this thread ever used it?

-Kathy

 

[saltandpepper2]

Update for miss Abigail. This morning she was fairly active and quacking and drinking normally. I'm worried that she's not eating enough though, she'll take a bite of food, then drop most of it and stretch her neck, I think her neck is sore that it hurts to swallow. The blood bruise on her back is almost gone, and all the bite wounds look clean and pinks her eye doesn't look worse or better. I think there might be a burst blood vessel there? She can still use the eye though. She was actually trying to groom herself, and even layed an egg! Is there anything I can do to help her eat? I made the food a mash to kind of help, but she's only eating tiny amounts.