So, I never really thought I'd find myself listing "poultry rehab" as one of my jobs on a semi-regular basis....but life with the farmily has certainly expanded my repetoire of skills! Sunday, Jeffrey brought in Pigeon (one of my favories, I must say, but don't tell the other "girls") because she had an eyelid that wouldn't open. It seemed like it was stuck closed like eyes sometimes get with sleepers. So, I found some eyedrops and put them on her eye and was able to pry her eyelid open and send her on her way. Yesterday morning, Jeffrey brought her in again...same problem. But we didn't have time on our way to Classical Conversations to take care of it, so she got to look out of only one eye all day yesterday, I guess. That's tricky when you have eyes on the side of your head! Talk about a "blind side"!! Well, this morning, he brought her in again....same deal.
You can see here that she's got both eyelids closed. Helping her reminded me so much of when we were
trying to help Cheetah...only Cheetah never really opened her eyes at all.
In this shot, you can see she can open the eye, just a little.
So we took some more eye drops....she loved that...NOT!!
It took several set of hands working together to keep her head relatively still...but we eventually got it to open with LOTS of drops.
Here she is telling Josiah "Hello"! and "Get me outta here!!"
But here she is with her eye open again! Isn't she pretty!! We gave her a little apple cider vinegar-also not an easy job!-in case she has some kind of infection going that it causing her eye to keep gluing shut.
We'll see how it goes.
You can see here that she's got both eyelids closed. Helping her reminded me so much of when we were trying to help Cheetah...only Cheetah never really opened her eyes at all.
In this shot, you can see she can open the eye, just a little.
So we took some more eye drops....she loved that...NOT!!
It took several set of hands working together to keep her head relatively still...but we eventually got it to open with LOTS of drops.
Here she is telling Josiah "Hello"! and "Get me outta here!!"
But here she is with her eye open again! Isn't she pretty!! We gave her a little apple cider vinegar-also not an easy job!-in case she has some kind of infection going that it causing her eye to keep gluing shut.
We'll see how it goes.
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How many hats do you have?
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Bet there were a few feathers flying around!!
"See" how it goes? Was than an intended pun? Who would have ever imagined you would doctor chickens? Good thing she will let you bring her in, reluctantly or not? Does she get a treat for going to the doctor? :-)
Surprised she didn't get some pulsatilla for conjunctivitis. Maybe next time.
Great idea on the Pulsatilla. That'll be tomorrow....it IS her right eye. I'll do it for sure.
Thanks, mom!
Jul, no pun intended! And no treats for going to the dr. Well, the treat is that she doesn't have to be held on the kitchen counter anymore! :-)
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