Urgent Red and swollen eye

[Echolicious]

I NEED HELP ASAP

I took my 5 year old Alex to get his nails and wings clip. When I got home.i put him and his cage and left . I got back and noticed he wouldent open one of his eyes . It looks red and swollen . It's nearly 1 am here so all the vets are closed and I'm close to having a panic attack . Is there anything I can do to help his injury. I have contact solution and an eye drips for humans but im not sure if thats safe. m guessing his eye got hurt while his nails were being done . I'm gonna call the people up tomorroe but for now i just want my baby to feel better. He won't open his eyes up . There's no discharge from the eye nor it is crusty . He keeps rubbing . I tried to put cold water but I think it's getting him . Please anything would help

 

[Garet]

Poor baby. :c I'm not sure what you could do for him, other than maybe applying some aloe vera to his skin to help with the itchiness or run a humidifier. I wouldn't use eyedrops or contact solution, though. I'm fairly certain they're not bird-safe.

 

[enigma731]

You should be able to use saline eye drops. My vet's office uses them.

 

[Tiel Feathers]

Aw, I’m sorry that something happened to his eye and I hope it heals quickly!

 

[Echolicious]

Update 1

So last night I used an ice pack and put it close to his eye . I woke up and made an appointment for the vet but thank God his eye looks much better. He still closes his eye but then after a minute or two he will open it . It's still a bit swollen but not as much as before .I'm going to see if I can try and ice his eye again and get some saline drops to help him . I'll wait another few days and hopefully his eye will be better otherwise it's vet time ! Does anyone know the best kinds of saline drops ?? A picture will be helpful . Thank you for everyone . I'll update soon

 

[rocky'smom]

It could be allergy

 

[Hankmacaw]

Any of the .9% saline solutions for nasal washes are fine. Make sure it is only saline solution and has no other additives - some of the eye/nasal washes will have other ingredients.
This one is saline solution only.
Arm & Hammer™ Simply Saline™ Nasal Relief Nasal Mist 3.0 fl. oz. Spout-Top Can - Walmart.com

 

[Echolicious]

Thank you! I'll deffinetly pick it up today

 

[camelotshadow]

I wonder what happened? Maybe they clipped his nails with a dirty clipper & he scratched his eye & got an infection? Clippers should be at least wiped w alcohol between birds & I have read that not even that is effective at killing everything.

A birds nails are in contact with poop & they could also just wipe it into there eyes but it seems odd that it happened after the nail clipping.

Hope he will be fine...

 

[iamwhoiam]

Sorry about your bird's eye. Hope it is better soon. When is his vet appt? Maybe you can get in sooner than a few days.

 

[chyenne]

Hopefully, your bird gets better!

 

[greys4u]

He could have an infection in that eye

 

[BirdManDan]

More than likely if you vet uses a dremel he could have gotten some dust in his eye from that. Not much you can do other than saline solution and give it a day or two! Keep an eye on it and visit the vet if it does not I'm prove in a couple more days! Hope all is well soon!