This is An SOS

[aart]

Thank you so much for your response. I have noticed that yellow bit. I wonder if it's scabbing? I have rubbed her eye area lightly multiple times with a baby wash cloth (the softest thing I can think of) and it's not giving way. I don't know that it's pus it looks kind of fleshy...

Just keep an eye on it...things might be more apparent/recognizable as it starts to heal and the swelling goes down.

 

[AmberLittlejohn]

Just keep an eye on it...things might be more apparent/recognizable as it starts to heal and the swelling goes down.

If it is a pus pocket what would be the course of action? I will get a better look at it in an hour or two when I do her last flushing regimen for the day.

 

[aart]

If it is a pus pocket what would be the course of action? I will get a better look at it in an hour or two when I do her last flushing regimen for the day.

I really don't know...but I wouldn't mess with it unless it's surrounded by redness.
Are you being advised by a vet.. or is that the other eye injured duck thread?

 

[AmberLittlejohn]

I really don't know...but I wouldn't mess with it unless it's surrounded by redness.
Are you being advised by a vet.. or is that the other eye injured duck thread?

No that's the other thread. We are just doing our best to self-treat. There is an avian vet here but it's INCREDIBLY expensive.

 

[Duckworth]

My duck’s eye looked as bad as your duck’s does for quite awhile before it healed. It was swollen shut and crusted over for at least a week before there was even any hint that her eye might open again. Unless you are confident that what you are seeing is infection and pus pocket, I would be reluctant to mess with it more than necessary. I had to syringe my ducks’ antibiotics into the corner of their bills, one partial drop at a time, crushed and dissolved in water by the vet, so I knew that they were getting as much infection fighting medication as the vet thought was safe, and just wait it out.

I kept putting a moist washcloth on her face and eye every time I handled her. Her bill was nearly ripped off and her whole face was a mess from behind her eyes forward and both eyes were closed over, though one started to open a little after a couple of days. The turning point for her was when after a week or ten days, I gave her swimming water in the bathtub. She was very happy about that and started eating again (after losing a quarter of her weight) and really preening so that she worked the matted stuff off of her face over the next few days. Her worse eye took quite a while to look normal, but she eventually got there.

I’m not saying don’t treat, but to be encouraged and avoid doing anything that could injure a recovering eye if it can be avoided.

Here is Nipper now, five months later. Still a little fragile, but healthy.

 

[quackiemama]

OMG! I wasn't thinking of a "people" induction! I thought it had something to do with ducks! I feel like such a dork! Sorry, I'm sure it will go fine, I bet you don't even make it to induction!

Donna you make me giggle.

 

[quackiemama]

My duck’s eye looked as bad as your duck’s does for quite awhile before it healed. It was swollen shut and crusted over for at least a week before there was even any hint that her eye might open again. Unless you are confident that what you are seeing is infection and pus pocket, I would be reluctant to mess with it more than necessary. I had to syringe my ducks’ antibiotics into the corner of their bills, one partial drop at a time, crushed and dissolved in water by the vet, so I knew that they were getting as much infection fighting medication as the vet thought was safe, and just wait it out.

I kept putting a moist washcloth on her face and eye every time I handled her. Her bill was nearly ripped off and her whole face was a mess from behind her eyes forward and both eyes were closed over, though one started to open a little after a couple of days. The turning point for her was when after a week or ten days, I gave her swimming water in the bathtub. She was very happy about that and started eating again (after losing a quarter of her weight) and really preening so that she worked the matted stuff off of her face over the next few days. Her worse eye took quite a while to look normal, but she eventually got there.

I’m not saying don’t treat, but to be encouraged and avoid doing anything that could injure a recovering eye if it can be avoided.

Here is Nipper now, five months later. Still a little fragile, but healthy.
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She is beautiful

 

[AmberLittlejohn]

My duck’s eye looked as bad as your duck’s does for quite awhile before it healed. It was swollen shut and crusted over for at least a week before there was even any hint that her eye might open again. Unless you are confident that what you are seeing is infection and pus pocket, I would be reluctant to mess with it more than necessary. I had to syringe my ducks’ antibiotics into the corner of their bills, one partial drop at a time, crushed and dissolved in water by the vet, so I knew that they were getting as much infection fighting medication as the vet thought was safe, and just wait it out.

I kept putting a moist washcloth on her face and eye every time I handled her. Her bill was nearly ripped off and her whole face was a mess from behind her eyes forward and both eyes were closed over, though one started to open a little after a couple of days. The turning point for her was when after a week or ten days, I gave her swimming water in the bathtub. She was very happy about that and started eating again (after losing a quarter of her weight) and really preening so that she worked the matted stuff off of her face over the next few days. Her worse eye took quite a while to look normal, but she eventually got there.

I’m not saying don’t treat, but to be encouraged and avoid doing anything that could injure a recovering eye if it can be avoided.

Here is Nipper now, five months later. Still a little fragile, but healthy.
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Thank you for sharing your story! She's had 2 more rounds of treatment since the question regarding the yellow spot and I'm certain it's a scab. Which is great its healing! I'm certain that she will be fine. I plan on letting her take a bath in the next day or so but I did give her a little mist shower yesterday and she did preen after which is great too.

 

[quackiemama]

 

[aart]

I plan on letting her take a bath in the next day or so

I don't know much about ducks but...
Don't ducks need to be able to dunk their heads to clear nares and also eat?