Pompom Duck has her eyes infected

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Aunt Angus said:
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Have to write this with my right hand only, the vet kept my left arm and on Friday they will come for one of my Kidneys…

$187.29 was the bill. :th

Ducky was very thoroughly examined and found to be at excellent health, she demonstrates great capabilities of gobbling down cat-food, draining water filled containers and she pooped, not once, not twice, but five times. And her poop was of pale greenish colour, so she must be able to eat from the supper bowl in the night. That color is from the red cabbage…
But her eyes. 😓
She has a severe bacterial infection in both eyes, no parasites and no fungus (so said the doc!) and the infection has spreaded into the interior of her left eye. She mvery likely will have scar tissue and loss of visibility in that eye. Her right eye looked a bit better today, but is still a long way from being okay.
As for the treatment, she got…
… a bottle of Ofloxacin Ophtalmic solution, to be applied into her eyes 2-3 times per day.
-> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofloxacin
… Terramycin Ophthalmic Ointment, to be applied twice a day.
It contains Oxytetracycline and Polymyxin, double punch on those pesky bacteria
-> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytetracycline
-> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymyxin
… 15 tablets of Docycycline for oral application.
-> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxycycline

I am soo looking forward to push ½ tablet down the dragon's throat this evening.

Driving to the hospital was uneventful, she happily sat down on the towels that i had arranged like a nest in the laundry basket and was listening to all those unknown noises. On the Interstate she felt asleep.
While the assistant was holding her, she let her head dangling down as if she is already dead - don't eat me, i'm dead since a long time ago and don't taste good anymore…
Just when the doctor shined a bright light into her eyes, she twitched and protest-quacked. (and pooped).

Right now she is still sitting in that laundry basket in my home-office, waiting for me to finish writing this up, then being medicated - eye-drops plus pill and then eat her dinner and drink plenty of water.
She will spend the night in her nest in the duck-house, she was already calling out when she heart the other's quacking outside…
 
Here she is on her way to the doctor:
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I find giving pills to ducks surprisingly easy. It's the flapping and the wiggling and the scratching... If you can get those little bills open without losing your other arm, the rest is easy - lol!

Poor duckie. Did vet have any idea what caused it?
 
Aunt Angus said:
I find giving pills to ducks surprisingly easy. It's the flapping and the wiggling and the scratching... If you can get those little bills open without losing your other arm, the rest is easy - lol!

Poor duckie. Did vet have any idea what caused it?
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In theory, you are correct, but…

I wrapped up sick-duck like a burrito - after she pooped again on the floor - to prevent any flapping, wiggling and scratching. What i cannot prevent when opening her bill are her razor-sharp lamella! Yes, usually duck's lamella are rather dull, but there is the one or other duck who has really sharp ones. You can't wear gloves for this job and you need to stick your finger into the bill to keep it open…
I still have all my nine fingers… 😆
 
Aunt Angus said:
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Poor duckie. Did vet have any idea what caused it?
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One freak accident from mother nature. Very likely a strain of bacteria that has developed a resistance against all three antibiotics that are in the triple antibiotic ointment. People are using that stuff like body-lotion, so it ends up in the sewage system and the environment.
We'll see how it works out for »ducky« - She needs a name if she makes it.
 
WannaBeHillBilly said:
One freak accident from mother nature. Very likely a strain of bacteria that has developed a resistance against all three antibiotics that are in the triple antibiotic ointment. People are using that stuff like body-lotion, so it ends up in the sewage system and the environment.
We'll see how it works out for »ducky« - She needs a name if she makes it.
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How about Live-Duck? :D
 
WannaBeHillBilly said:
Have to write this with my right hand only, the vet kept my left arm and on Friday they will come for one of my Kidneys…

$187.29 was the bill. :th

Ducky was very thoroughly examined and found to be at excellent health, she demonstrates great capabilities of gobbling down cat-food, draining water filled containers and she pooped, not once, not twice, but five times. And her poop was of pale greenish colour, so she must be able to eat from the supper bowl in the night. That color is from the red cabbage…
But her eyes. 😓
She has a severe bacterial infection in both eyes, no parasites and no fungus (so said the doc!) and the infection has spreaded into the interior of her left eye. She mvery likely will have scar tissue and loss of visibility in that eye. Her right eye looked a bit better today, but is still a long way from being okay.
As for the treatment, she got…
… a bottle of Ofloxacin Ophtalmic solution, to be applied into her eyes 2-3 times per day.
-> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofloxacin
… Terramycin Ophthalmic Ointment, to be applied twice a day.
It contains Oxytetracycline and Polymyxin, double punch on those pesky bacteria
-> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytetracycline
-> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymyxin
… 15 tablets of Docycycline for oral application.
-> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxycycline

I am soo looking forward to push ½ tablet down the dragon's throat this evening.

Driving to the hospital was uneventful, she happily sat down on the towels that i had arranged like a nest in the laundry basket and was listening to all those unknown noises. On the Interstate she felt asleep.
While the assistant was holding her, she let her head dangling down as if she is already dead - don't eat me, i'm dead since a long time ago and don't taste good anymore…
Just when the doctor shined a bright light into her eyes, she twitched and protest-quacked. (and pooped).

Right now she is still sitting in that laundry basket in my home-office, waiting for me to finish writing this up, then being medicated - eye-drops plus pill and then eat her dinner and drink plenty of water.
She will spend the night in her nest in the duck-house, she was already calling out when she heart the other's quacking outside…
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I'm glad the prognosis is good, even with some vision loss. And honestly, that is the cheapest vet bill I've heard of in years!!!
 

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