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Please be aware that Tylan can cause permanent tissue damage. I have heard of people injecting the area of swelling, but not sure they are using it for five days in the same spot... that seems problematic to me.

Again, if the material has dried up, the body lacks a sufficient mechanism for removing it. All those cold and mucous medicines on the market for humans tend to constrict blood flow or use other methods to dry up the fluids... in the case of your bird, you have dried stuff that needs to come out, not actively draining. I can't tell you whether using meds like that are even SAFE for your peafowl, and am wondering how on earth you plan to calculate dosages?

If you can take this bird back to the vet, I still think that's the smartest way to go, and likely to produce the best outcome for your bird.

Just remembered, the vet injected the sinus area in the first day, then he gave them shots for three days in the skin area up their legs.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

The new arrivals:

 

[DylansMom]

The new arrivals:

Very pretty Pied, looks like he may be friendlier than our Purples too.

 

[Garden Peas]

Handsome!

 

[zazouse]

The new arrivals:

Beautiful birds congratulations

 

[KsKingBee]

Just the thought of something coming out of an eye that resembles a zit would make me queasy, does that stuff smell cause it would send me over the edge if it does, i can deal with most visual things but there are some smells that will make me puke like when something is dead.

There was not a noticeable smell, but we did not get it that close to our faces.

 

[KsKingBee]

Nice birds Q-8 !!!

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Very pretty Pied, looks like he may be friendlier than our Purples too.

Yup, i noticed he was friendly since i got him.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Handsome!

Beautiful birds congratulations

Nice birds Q-8 !!!

Thank you guys

 

[Garden Peas]

Update:The area is soft and there is a spot where I could easily squeeze some out

Just the thought of something coming out of an eye that resembles a zit would make me queasy, does that stuff smell cause it would send me over the edge if it does, i can deal with most visual things but there are some smells that will make me puke like when something is dead.

How did that spot develop? i never read where anyone just found an eruption

It first showed up when he was one after a quick visit to the vet it went away then it came back when he was three and it's been here since maybe 4-5 months

Hey @casportpony , did you go out of town? You'd want a part of this discussion, I'm so thinking...

First, @KsKingBee 's description fits perfectly with what I've always heard about these hardened, old gunky sinus infections.

Second, it can get a soft spot, particularly if there is an active infection, because an abscess (an enclosed pocket of active infection) will often find some way to break through to the surface. That's how the body saves itself from sepsis... the abscess breaks through to the surface and drains, allowing the infected area to heal. Of course, there can also be sepsis and or gangrene with an untreated bacterial infection and abscess, and the critter or human can die, which is what used to happen all the time in the days before antibiotics, and could begin happening again if we lose the race against antibiotic resistance.

Third, I have been present during a vet's cleaning out of a serious abscess (not my critter, thankfully), and I don't even remember what kind of animal it was or where the abscess was. I only remember the over-powering odor of decaying tissue and the desperate fight to not hurl the entire time. The smell was unbelievably putrid. I totally agree with @zazouse , it's way beyond bearable.

Okay, I was under the impression from previous posts that this pea had been adequately treated with antibiotics and simply had a hardened sinus infection that needed to be removed, as happens occasionally, even after appropriate therapy.

The situation as now described is completely different. This pea apparently had a sinus infection when it was a year old, which cleared rapidly following an injection administered during a trip to the vet. So far so good.

TWO YEARS later, the bird developed a new or recurrence of a sinus infection. No clue what therapy it has received in the past 4-5 months, but come on, antibiotics given by the vet 2 1/2 years ago have nothing to do with this bird's current affliction.

It sounds as though 4 to 5 months ago, this bird developed a sinus infection which has not resolved. It has a hard swelling with a soft area, suggesting there is active infection and an abscess. If a vet trip is possible, then the bird needs to go back to the vet. I hope the bird has not gone blind on that side, and that it has not developed a systemic infection. I cannot help but think that one or both of those are just around the corner.

Failing a trip to the vet, this bird needs prompt medical care, including appropriate antibiotic therapy. One shot in the sinus might help, but I still haven't heard of anyone giving more than one shot into the sinus. The gunk needs to be removed. Opening the soft spot is probably one way to start cleaning out the gunk, but if the bird doesn't get an appropriate antibiotic along with the clean out, I think survival is jeopardized. This is a serious medical problem, not just a benign swollen spot on its head.

Not to sound harsh here, but I'm getting the feeling we're being fed dribbles of information and the story is kinda changing here, not in a good way.