SEVERELY swollen eye ball

[Jkaulen0208]

I just found my chicken like this tonight. There is no discharge from the eye except clear tears. She is acting normal, eating, drinking and getting excited over meal worms still. The swelling appears to be her eye ball itself. The entire mass is very hard. There is a white/ cream colored blotch on the front of her eye ball, it appears to be Inside the lens or cornea. Has anyone ever seen this before? I started her on antibiotics tonight but I just don't think it will work at this point. I don't know if it's cancer or an infection.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

@Aunt Angus @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive
There was a video that showed how to press on the bump to get the puss like mass out of the eye. Be very careful and wear gloves.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

@azygous

 

[Aunt Angus]

Ooooh.... That looks bad. I had a chick with a swollen eye. There was an abcess behind it. I'd guess something like that is what's going on here. The chick eventually lost use of that eye. She almost died.

I strongly recommend a vet, if possible. The infection needs to come out, for sure, and she'll need antibiotics, probably orally and directly in the eye.

Can you open her eye? Or see anything in it?

 

[Jkaulen0208]

Ooooh.... That looks bad. I had a chick with a swollen eye. There was an abcess behind it. I'd guess something like that is what's going on here. The chick eventually lost use of that eye. She almost died.

I strongly recommend a vet, if possible. The infection needs to come out, for sure, and she'll need antibiotics, probably orally and directly in the eye.

Can you open her eye? Or see anything in it?

You can open the eyelid. The eyelid itself is not swollen. Just the eye.

 

[Jkaulen0208]

I found a listing for a veterinary ophthalmologist a couple hours away. I'm going to call them Monday. I don't know how long it will take to get an appointment.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Just to be safe Try not to touch it is you have a scratch on your hand it's like a staff infection.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Can you try a warn compress for her

 

[Jkaulen0208]

Can you try a warn compress for her

I will try it. I don't think it can hurt.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Clearer photos may help.