Watery, white discharge in eye

[CrazzyFarmLady]

While tending the chickens and ducks, my son noticed something wrong with his ducks eye. I've seen something called foaming eye, but it's not foaming. I'm not if it's still that, or something else. It seems very watery and has some white hard, booger looking substance. It's only in the one eye.

 

[Miss Lydia]

have you tried rinsing the eye with a warm saline rinse https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323842

There is also Terramycin eye ointment that will treat an infection. He may have injured his eye while foraging hard to say but try and clean it out with the saline rinse then post back with pictures.

 

[amanda_rimo]

have you tried rinsing the eye with a warm saline rinse https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323842

There is also Terramycin eye ointment that will treat an infection. He may have injured his eye while foraging hard to say but try and clean it out with the saline rinse then post back with pictures.

can you use human saline solution? or do you have to make it?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have seen others rec using store bought.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@CrazzyFarmLady any update? Hows the eye looking?

 

[Kearaaaa23]

Looks like an infection. Give the eye a warm saline solution which you can make yourself and see how the eye goes. Also apply terramycin ointment around the eye. If possible I'd take the duck to a vet etc.. it seems unusual.

 

[amanda_rimo]

I found this at tractor supply and it says it’s safe for any animals. Just wondering if this would work the same as the terramycin

 

[Kearaaaa23]

I found this at tractor supply and it says it’s safe for any animals. Just wondering if this would work the same as the terramycinView attachment 3587005

Yes, vetericyn will work. Good luck

 

[Miss Lydia]

I found this at tractor supply and it says it’s safe for any animals. Just wondering if this would work the same as the terramycinView attachment 3587005

Try it for a few days if it doesn’t then use the Terramycin I have both just in case.

 

[amanda_rimo]

we are trying to figure out why our ducks eye has become light brown around the eye. we are thinking maybe its the beddings we are using? we thought it was getting better last night, but this morning when we let him out of the coop, his eye is more brown around his eye again, and we had just changed the bedding in the coop the night before. we just use premium pine shavings, not sure if ducks are allergic to certain wood or if we should be using a different type of bedding? thank you!