Cronic One Eye Cold

[Skull Lofts]

Hi all

 

I have got one bird that has permanently a watery discharge coming from her right eye. (when facing towards me.)

I have used respiratory meds and eye drops, but without any succes.

When i administer the eye drops, she looks OK for 2 days but then it starts again.

Any advice would be appreciated!

 

Skull

[Novice]

Hi all

 

I have got one bird that has permanently a watery discharge coming from her right eye. (when facing towards me.)

I have used respiratory meds and eye drops, but without any succes.

When i administer the eye drops, she looks OK for 2 days but then it starts again.

Any advice would be appreciated!

 

Skull

 

Have you used the medication for the required length of time.

If you are talking about antibiotics they must be administered for 10-14 days. They must be appropriate to the condition.

There is always the chance this might be due to physical damage.

[Skull Lofts]

 

Have you used the medication for the required length of time.

If you are talking about antibiotics they must be administered for 10-14 days. They must be appropriate to the condition.

There is always the chance this might be due to physical damage.

 

I have used Chlortetracycline only for 5 days as stated on the container, should i repeat for another 5 days?

[Guest IB]

It is usually difficult to tell the difference between illness & injury. I think the clue is in the condition affecting only one eye and persisting after various? medications that you would expect to have cleared up any infection.

 

If the eye is streaming after the bird has been out flying, or if debris like small feathers constantly stick to the eyeball, then I would suspect injury to the tear gland and / or nicitating [spelling] membrane, the 'third eyelid'. I've one the same, a cock, it took a long time to discover it was down to injury, and it was the 'blink' that finally gave it away ~ the normal eye blinks, the damaged one doesn't - my bird has no nicitating membrane in one eye.

 

As a young bird it was constantly fighting, took a few in and around the eye. One day I found the corner of one eye congealed with blood. Foolishly, I bathed it. Noticed lots of stuff coming away, that 'stuff' turned out to be the membrane.

 

Basically leaves the eyeball with no protection - there should be a wall of 'teardrops' covering the eyeball, and in flight the membrane closes over the top of that. You know what it's like when you are walking into a cold wind, your eyes stream because you have no third eyelid, I think that's what you may be seeing in your bird.

[Guest MIKE1957]

Hi all

 

I have got one bird that has permanently a watery discharge coming from her right eye. (when facing towards me.)

I have used respiratory meds and eye drops, but without any succes.

When i administer the eye drops, she looks OK for 2 days but then it starts again.

Any advice would be appreciated!

 

Skull

 

 

Cause -

Often confused with the onset of

mycoplasmosis, one - eye colds are usually

associated with a peck in the eye or some other

type of physical injury affecting the eye.

One-eye colds can also be caused by improper

ventilation, drafts or dampness in the

loft.

 

 

 

 

Symptoms

- A watery or mucous discharge in only one eye

is usually the symptom most commonly noticed,

but occasionally both eyes will have watery

appearances. Sometimes one eye can become

completely shut, depending upon the degree of

infection.

 

 

 

 

 

Prevention

- Maintaining proper ventilation and not

allowing overcrowded conditions to manifest

themselves in our lofts will go a long way in

preventing one-eye colds. It is also considered

good loft hygiene to keep dust levels to a

minimum, as many types of infectious bacteria

are carried by dust particles.

 

[REDCHEQHEN]

Have you isolated the bird?

 

Have a really good look at the eye, I have found on odd occasions that there is something in the eye - which I have rinsed out with cooled boiled salty water administered with a sterile dropper to rinse out the eye (not just a drop)

[Albear]

I believe it is generally a secondary problem (which I know doesn't help), it may be you need to look at your ventilation or over crowding. But in the past I have found if I keep on top of canker then I get no problems with one eye cold. Have you treated the loft for canker, treat the flock everyone. It often comes down to cost, if the cold doesn't clear and all your other birds are clean then I personally would dispose of the bird, however the obvious thing is to go to your local vet if there is a half decent one and get the birds droppings tested. There are lots of testing services available too but they mostly only check for the basics. Though perhaps someone can reccomend a service that checks for everything possible and not just the basics.

Good luck mate it can be very demoralising when you get a cpld you can't clear especially when it starts to spread to other birds.

[Guest Owen]

To be honest I would go with what Mike 1957 has said with one slight proviso. If your loft has in fact got a ventilation problem, more than this one bird will be affected. So it is important to change things to cure the problem. If you don't you will continually suffer with health issues. My proviso is that you should not get rid of the sick bird, as I would normally recommend. It will be an ideal way to measure the effectiveness of you efforts. Your aim could be to have this bird well and clear of medication.

As a general rule, if you have birds with repiratory problems that you can see, you will have an underlying problem with others. In that case you must pay attention to both the loft and the diet.

IB has rightly drawn attention to the fact that your bird could have an eye injury. You ought to know if this is the case, because you will have seen repiratory problems in the past if that is fact the basis of this problem. The sad thing is that, if your bird has got an eye injury, and it has not won anything, you would probably be wise to get rid of it. I see no point at all in keeping birds that are often ill and have not proven to be quality racers.

But look at the loft ventilation and the stocking rate anyway.

[blackswan]

Hi all

 

I have got one bird that has permanently a watery discharge coming from her right eye. (when facing towards me.)

I have used respiratory meds and eye drops, but without any succes.

When i administer the eye drops, she looks OK for 2 days but then it starts again.

Any advice would be appreciated!

 

Skull

look inside the throat to see if there are any small feathers  or something blocking the upper beak if so clear with cotton bud this will help, and check daily,

 

 

[tiger]

put it in the bin . will never be any good

[OLDYELLOW]

i think Albears on the money , if no bubbles in the eye then its certainly not one eye cold if you havent cankered this bird it might be a good first step , as could be caused by canker

[korhil2]

if its one eyed cold, put 2 drops of milton in a saucer of luke warm water , bathe eye every day for 7 days, it will be gone, hope you succeed

[Skull Lofts]

Thanks to every one who gave input, ill see what happens this week!

 

Skull

[Guest strapper]

use human eye drops for hayfever..signs of improvement with 24hrs.

gone within 3-4 days tops.

but as others have said...can be anything.