Rooster with Coryza - please help

[RominaGoldie]

Hello, I live near Dallas and rescued a sweetheart rooster (my first rooster ever). I named him Martino and we're really good friends. I was told that he was born with a tumor in his left eye but come to find out, he has a bad case of Coryza. He has taken three doxycycline injections and is now on the oral suspension (because I can't afford anymore visits with the certified avian vet). I put the antibiotic in his water and a little inside his blueberries. This seems to be working somewhat.

Thanks to this sub, I came across an instructional video on how to remove the puss from the bulging left eye. Which the treatment won't make go away.

My question is - how can I get this stuff removed from his eye without having to drive him two hours to the vet? He's a grown rooster and not a chick, like the ones in the instructional video, so I can't do it alone and I have no help at the moment. Who can I ask for help? Is anyone on here local and with an idea on how to solve this that I haven't thought of?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you post photos of his eye and of him?

How long has he had a bulging eye?

He was tested for Infectious Coryza? Does he have a bad odor? Any other respiratory symptoms?

To work on the eye, wrap him in a towel like a burrito to capture his wings and legs. Make sure he can breath o.k.
Doesn't make a lot of difference on the size of the bird, once they are swaddled/burritoed, they are easy to handle by yourself.

I was told that he was born with a tumor in his left eye but come to find out, he has a bad case of Coryza. He has taken three doxycycline injections and is now on the oral suspension (because I can't afford anymore visits with the certified avian vet). I put the antibiotic in his water and a little inside his blueberries. This seems to be working somewhat.

 

[RominaGoldie]

Can you post photos of his eye and of him?

How long has he had a bulging eye?

He was tested for Infectious Coryza? Does he have a bad odor? Any other respiratory symptoms?

To work on the eye, wrap him in a towel like a burrito to capture his wings and legs. Make sure he can breath o.k.
Doesn't make a lot of difference on the size of the bird, once they are swaddled/burritoed, they are easy to handle by yourself.

I brought him to the vet thinking that he just needed surgery to remove the "tumor" in his eye. He was sedated but when they tried to intubate him they noticed a build up in his trachea. A sample was tested and came back positive for Coryza. He started antibiotic injections three weeks ago. He got worse at one point but is doing better now.

This is him this morning. His eye looks a little better compared to a couple of weeks ago. He can open the lower eyelid a little but the eye itself looks compromised. Only I wonder if the infectious build up can be removed simply by squeezing it out.

 

[RominaGoldie]

Also, I was told that he's always been this way, since he was a chick. He should be around two years old now.