New silkie with eye injury? *NEW QUESTION*

[RachelFromTheBlackLagoon]

Thanks, HenPen

 

[HenPen]

No problem,my vet told me when in doubt go without!! I use and follow that quote often.

 

[threehorses]

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No, never ever use anything with hydrocortisone in a potential eye injury. It will destroy the eye. You'd have to have a vet do a flourescent dye test first to make sure there was not a scratch, and then you never know if they'll scratch it itching at home. so it's just not worth it.

You could alternately use Neosporin without pain killers and with no hydrocortisone until you can get some terramycin opthalmic ointment. On the terramycin, you have to ask the clerks to pull it from behind the counter as it's a tiny item. Call around to feedstores and TSC for it. You can even get it from a vet as it's a non-prescription item. Ask your vet.

Also buy sterile eye wash (boric acid, water) from the first aid section of the pharmacy. If you don't see it, ask the pharmacist.

If you see any respiratory signs at all, or any other health issues, please notify the board as this is also a starting sign of respiratory illnesses.

Alternately, it could be eye worm (common in the south where birds eat cockroaches, the intermediate host). I'd recommend that you do buy VetRx (any formula - even rabbits) in the small bottle and use it on a q-tip in the cleft of the roof of the mouth (the choanal) and push the very loaded q-tip so that vetRx comes out of the tear duct.

I have a bird with an exposed third eyelid - just barely. I treated him with the VetRx in the morning, and then with the Terramycin at night.

Watch for sneezing, too, by the way - or any foaminess or swelling of the face.

 

[RachelFromTheBlackLagoon]

Thank you! Good to know!

I already ordered it as my vet likes to give me a hard time about giving meds without being seen first, so I'll try to find some of that Neosporin in the meantime.

Hopefully this is just an injury, and not an illness!

 

[RachelFromTheBlackLagoon]

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Hehe I like that!

 

[threehorses]

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Smart guy, your vet! There are so many times when people medicate and really there's no idea whether there's even a need. Then antibiotics are specific. They treat one type of bacteria that might not even be present.

And they always effect the gut bacteria negatively. /sigh

Really "In an ideal world" the only way to give antibiotics is the following:
the bird is taken to an avian vet
culture are taken and a Culture and Sensitivity test is run to a) determine the exact bacteria, and b) determine exactly what that exact bacteria is still sensitive to
The bird is given the right antibiotics (and I've had some specialist vets mess this one up because of the lack of a C&S)
and lastly probiotics are given daily during medication.

Ahh but how often does that happen?