Hey guys! I haven't posted here in a while unfortunately, I've been super busy. But I have been reading up on posts now and then!
Thought I'd post an update on Frankie.
We took him to his new avian specialist vet a week or so ago for a health check and nail trim and I was beyond happy to hear the vet approve of everything we were doing for him. I have you all to thank for that!! You've all given fantastic advice and been super patient with me so thank you!
Then, it was like he got jinxed and he flew into a door yesterday, injuring his eye. My heart broke and I took him to the vet immediately, they were amazing and managed to squeeze us in.
The vet couldn't see his actual eyeball too well due to the swelling of his eyelids but mentioned what she could see seemed fine. She assumed it was an eyelid trauma and prescribed some eye ointment and pain relief medicine. She said once the swelling has gone down if it looks like his actual eyeball is injured then we should bring him back.
His eyelid swelling has gone down but his eyeball looks odd to me still. Do you guys think I should wait the six days they said to do his treatment before taking him in? I feel so horrible and upset.
Now that we look at it, it seems he has an injury just above his eye, and I think that is what swelled up, but I don't know if it also damaged his eye. If anyone has ever experienced nursing a bird with an injured eye please reach out to share any advice. Will it stop looking so gorey soon? Is it going to get worse before it gets better? How can I tell if he's lost his vision in that eye?
Again, thank you all so much for all your help up until now
P.S: sorry for the title stuff up it was meant to say accident and update
Thought I'd post an update on Frankie.
We took him to his new avian specialist vet a week or so ago for a health check and nail trim and I was beyond happy to hear the vet approve of everything we were doing for him. I have you all to thank for that!! You've all given fantastic advice and been super patient with me so thank you!
Then, it was like he got jinxed and he flew into a door yesterday, injuring his eye. My heart broke and I took him to the vet immediately, they were amazing and managed to squeeze us in.
The vet couldn't see his actual eyeball too well due to the swelling of his eyelids but mentioned what she could see seemed fine. She assumed it was an eyelid trauma and prescribed some eye ointment and pain relief medicine. She said once the swelling has gone down if it looks like his actual eyeball is injured then we should bring him back.
His eyelid swelling has gone down but his eyeball looks odd to me still. Do you guys think I should wait the six days they said to do his treatment before taking him in? I feel so horrible and upset.
Now that we look at it, it seems he has an injury just above his eye, and I think that is what swelled up, but I don't know if it also damaged his eye. If anyone has ever experienced nursing a bird with an injured eye please reach out to share any advice. Will it stop looking so gorey soon? Is it going to get worse before it gets better? How can I tell if he's lost his vision in that eye?
Again, thank you all so much for all your help up until now
P.S: sorry for the title stuff up it was meant to say accident and update
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