HELP! My gosling has red swollen eye

[treehouse]

I bought some new ducks from tractor supply and I already had my goslings. I did notice that there were a few ducks that had swollen eyes and looked almost blind when I was there the week before. But this was a new batch so I thought I would be safe. Well NOW my geese have this disease! What is it and how can I get rid of it. Her face and head are swelling too!

 

[goosedragon]

Sorry I can't help if it is really a disease. Waterfowl MUST have clean water that they can dip there whole head into throughout life. They will make a mess but otherwise you are almost bound to to have eye problems. TSC probably used chick waterers which aren't good enough for waterfowl.

 

[treehouse]

I have given them all a bath and filled up the kiddie pool and placed that in their enclosure area.
This morning after rinsing his/her eye with saline yesterday a few times, her eye is open and she is doing much better. I try to always keep lots of fresh water in with them but I also know that they can drown very easily as well, so It has to be a fine balance.

from what I read you can rinse with boric acid mixture or saline

 

[goosedragon]

They very seldom drown. If they can't get out of the water they get chilled and the chill kills them. Rewarming can often bring a "drowned" bird back to life. everything just slows down when they are chilled and you need to get them warm to bring them back.