My duckling's eye is damaged and blind. Does it need to be removed?

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I have a duckling that hatched with some membrane stuck to its eye and back, so I bathed it in warm water a few times a day. I then noticed the start of an inner eyelid infection, and following the advice of a friend I treated it with chloramphenicol eye drops. This seemed to work and the infection looks gone, but the eye now looks like it doesnt work and sits further back in the socket, with a white spot in the middle. I'm assuming the eye wont work, but does it need to be taken out? Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Female | 1 month and 1 day old

Jeffrey Milner · Accepted Answer

It's very difficult to say whether or not the eye should be enucleated. I would agree that Turbo is not going to be seeing anything out of the eye more than likely. If it is not causing him any pain and there does not seem to be any signs of infection, I would not say that it is an emergency to have it removed,. Ophthalmic surgery in a bird is not easy and not widely performed. However, if you begin to see any signs of illness, continued ocular swelling, significant discharge from the eye, or indications of systemic illness, at that point I would start to reconsider leaving it.

My duckling's eye is damaged and blind. Does it need to be removed?

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