Rescue Rooster with large cyst above eye

[SmiYa0126]

@Justine Jones can you get curoxen?

https://www.organicare.com/blog/triple-antibiotic-ointments-versus-natural-ointments/

 

[Justine Jones]

Only online from the US

 

[SmiYa0126]

Oh geez!!! @Justine Jones do you have manuka honey?

 

[Justine Jones]

Oh I can buy buckets of that over here

 

[Eggcessive]

Some antibiotic eye drops can be used. Here we can get the ointments easily, but not the drops without a vet. Saline eye wash is sometimes good, but if there are bacteria, it may require the antibiotics.

 

[Justine Jones]

Have you tried to do a warm compress and then squeeze it to see if you can push the gunk out?

So he has a membrane over the cyst .. squeezing didn’t work .. poor little guy .. it’s a really hard lump too .. I’ve seen other posts on removing via a nick with a scalpel ? What is the outcome for him if I leave it ? Or if I try the Dr Doolittle approach would I make the incision at the top ?

 

[Justine Jones]

I would try to remove any pus from the eye, and the video below shows how to do that. Then clean and flush the eye with saline, and apply some Terramycin eye ointment or plain Triple Antibiotic to the eye twice a day.

So he has a membrane over the cyst .. squeezing didn’t work .. poor little guy .. it’s a really hard lump too .. I’ve seen other posts on removing via a nick with a scalpel ? What is the outcome for him if I leave it ? Or if I try the Dr Doolittle approach would I make the incision at the top ?

 

[SmiYa0126]

@Justine Jones you can lance it and drain it, but it will come back. The only way I know if removing a cyst is with surgery, the membrane that the fluid is encased with needs to be removed so the cyst doesn't return.

@aart @azygous @Wyorp Rock tagging some additional experts here, cyst removal?

 

[azygous]

Did the vet tell you this was a cyst? If they did, and then prescribed an antibiotic and anti-inflammatory for it, that doesn't make any sense. And yes, a cyst can often be liberated with a "flick" of a scalpel. Just had one of those removed a few weeks ago on myself.

The eye has more of the look of sinus infection to me. I would ask the high priced vet for a prescription for prednisone eye drops. I've used this to successfully treat such eye swelling as your rooster has. You need a prescription for it. https://www.kvsupply.com/item/prednisolone-acetate-ophthalmic-suspension/497024/

 

[SmiYa0126]

Did the vet tell you this was a cyst? If they did, and then prescribed an antibiotic and anti-inflammatory for it, that doesn't make any sense. And yes, a cyst can often be liberated with a "flick" of a scalpel. Just had one of those removed a few weeks ago on myself.

The eye has more of the look of sinus infection to me. I would ask the high priced vet for a prescription for prednisone eye drops. I've used this to successfully treat such eye swelling as your rooster has. You need a prescription for it. https://www.kvsupply.com/item/prednisolone-acetate-ophthalmic-suspension/497024/

I was thinking the same thing about the vet... didn't make sense.