gouldian looks has conjunctivitis

brad · Post by **brad** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:47 am

hi i have a gould roughly 7 weeks since fleged it has one eye closed over and weeping like conjunctivitis .
it was in a aviary with another protective pair.
any ideas
i have washed down with warm water and given spark eletrolyte
thanks brad

TammyS · Post by **TammyS** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:29 am

Hi Brad,

How long has the bird displayed the symptoms? Could it be possible that it was pecked in the eye by another bird - especially if you were housing it with another protective pair as you mentioned?

You mentioned cleaning the eye - which is good, as they sometimes get things in their eyes just like we do.

brad · Post by **brad** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:33 pm

hi tammy he has been like it for 3 days i also think it is from being pecked
it is also a bit swollen.
i will keep cleaning it and see if i can get some form of treatment from
pet shop.

albert · Post by **albert** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:33 pm

Brad,

Try use some kind of antibiotic oinment for birds, my young gould got eye infection when I had lots of backyard dust around the cage, and the oinment really worked.

Good luck.