White stuff in my ducks eye?

[twolilquacklings]

Hello! I noticed today my duck Nico was squinting slightly with his right eye. And he has a bit of white stuff in the front of his eye. His left eye is normal…is this an infection? His stool is normal. He is also blinking that eye a lot!

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Looks like it could be foamy eye, which occurs when a duck/drake isn't blowing its nares out often enough. Does he have constant access to clean water that's deep enough for him to blow out his nares?

Sometimes ducks/drakes will have adequate access to clean water, but not blow their nares out enough. When I've seen foamy eye in these situations, I've encouraged nares-blowing by dipping the duck/drake's head into the water briefly - it's usually enough to get them to blow their nares out.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Also tetramyacin for the eye. Wal-Mart pharmacy has it.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Looks like foamy eye. It's not really that concerning. But, make sure the duck has access to clean water deep enough to stick its head in is important (even 2 seconds worth if clean water ). My drake tends to get foamy eye on windy days. I don't treat with anything except offering water. It always clears up on it's own.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@twolilquacklings how is your Nico eye looking?

 

[twolilquacklings]

@twolilquacklings how is your Nico eye looking?

Much better this morning!! I put some peas in his pool so he would stick his head in and it was all gone! Thanks so much everyone!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Awesome!!