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Hello! I have a drake Saxony duck. I checked him out, and saw that his eye was a bit swollen. I thought it would just go away. But now, it has been a couple weeks and it is still here. One of his eyes has this pink bulge inside the socket, but it is beginning to poke out. His other eye is completely flat. I probed it gently, and it seems to hurt him. I see tear streaks forming around his eye area. I see no nasal discharge, and I use a saline wash on his eye everyday. (warm water with salt). I also put ACV in his bathing water to help disinfect it. It's been quite a while, now and still don't see any sign of improvement. What it makes it worse, is that it was bulging a mm or two out, so a small piece of grass managed to get in. I removed it, but the pink area of his was slightly bleeding, maybe just a strand or a drop. Can anyone please help me? I rinsed out all the blood and cleaned his eye well. Anything I can do that is inexpensive but effective? Thanks all.
Here is his eye: This is when I already cleaned it. My other ducks seem unaffected. Why did this happen? I let him bathe often, and give him free range when I'm with him.
@Miss Lydia thanks for the advice before. Anything I could use besides Vetericyn?
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Ducklover3449 said:
Hello! I have a drake Saxony duck. I checked him out, and saw that his eye was a bit swollen. I thought it would just go away. But now, it has been a couple weeks and it is still here. One of his eyes has this pink bulge inside the socket, but it is beginning to poke out. His other eye is completely flat. I probed it gently, and it seems to hurt him. I see tear streaks forming around his eye area. I see no nasal discharge, and I use a saline wash on his eye everyday. (warm water with salt). I also put ACV in his bathing water to help disinfect it. It's been quite a while, now and still don't see any sign of improvement. What it makes it worse, is that it was bulging a mm or two out, so a small piece of grass managed to get in. I removed it, but the pink area of his was slightly bleeding, maybe just a strand or a drop. Can anyone please help me? I rinsed out all the blood and cleaned his eye well. Anything I can do that is inexpensive but effective? Thanks all.
Here is his eye: This is when I already cleaned it. My other ducks seem unaffected. Why did this happen? I let him bathe often, and give him free range when I'm with him.
@Miss Lydia thanks for the advice before. Anything I could use besides Vetericyn? View attachment 550583
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Can you get some Terrarmycin eye ointment other than taking him to the vet I'd try the eye ointment But it looks like it could be an infection so treat asap.
 
hello every one a quick question

right now i have a a coop maybe 45 sq feet, with two blue Swedish ducks in it. i planned on getting 3 more ducks and 3 geese i know think that it is to small. should also note they have maybe a 150-200 sq ft run. but what would the maximum amount of ducks/geese i should put in there? thanks itsasmallfarm
 
Miss Lydia said:
Can you get some Terrarmycin eye ointment other than taking him to the vet I'd try the eye ointment But it looks like it could be an infection so treat asap.
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Ok thank you! Do I put the ointment around his eye, or on it? Also, is it safe to get the spray and put it in his eye? Or should I just use the ointment? Is there other brands besides Terramycin? I can't seem to find it...
 

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