Male button quail eyes are bloodshot

[dc3085]

I noticed one of my male button quail who has blue eyes, his eyes have turned red or are very bloodshot.
In all other ways he appears to be a healthy bird, he eats and drinks, isn't ruffled up like they do when they are sick, and his eyes have been this way for at least a week.

Anyone know what this is?

 

[TwoCrows]

He might have an eye infection in both eyes. You could try some terramycin drops. You can get these on Amazon or a poultry meds supply. What type of bedding are you using? Don't use cedar shavings as they are rough on the lungs and could cause other problems as well.

 

[dc3085]

Thank you for your time. I will give the drops a try, there is a avian store not far from me hopefully they have it although its more of a parrot place. I keep them on sand so i was wondering if the sand was as "sterile" as promised since I added some recently, although there are five other buttons and 50 or so coturnix who had no problems with the new sand.

 

[TwoCrows]

I would imagine if only one bird is having issues, then it is probably something with this particular bird. I have a chicken that had a similar issue with both of her eyes and none of the others had anything wrong. I used another type of eye drops, antibacterial just the same, and a week or two later her eyes cleared up.

Good luck!

 

[dc3085]

Thanks for the advice after a few days of the drops the redness is receding

Although I think I've made an enemy for life out of the poor guy.