Blind???

[RPatchett]

I rescued this Zebra Finch from my backyard in August 2017. She's always been a little squinty in her left eye and keeps it shut a lot of the time, so I never really got to have a good look at it. Even the vet couldn't really see her eye much (when I took her in to question her feather loss and failure to grow the feathers back - he said probably stress)

I've just managed to get a really good look at her left eye today, she was sitting still long enough. It's very cloudy and she holds it shut a lot.

There is a video I posted on youTube:
https://youtu.be/ryktVkI0ezg or within YouTube search for Rachel Patchett / Is my Finch Blind

Any advice? I know there's not much I can do if she is blind, but could this be linked to her skittish behaviour and feather loss? She lives with a younger female companion in a cage whom she gets along really well with (they are inseparable and both cry for the other if I have to separate them. They sleep together, bathe together, sing together...) I have considered the possibility of her companion hurting her, however she has been squinty since before I bought her companion.

She flies fine (they are let out of the cage once a day for about 20 minutes).

Thanks in advance!

[OhNayeli]

I rescued this Zebra Finch from my backyard in August 2017. She's always been a little squinty in her left eye and keeps it shut a lot of the time, so I never really got to have a good look at it. Even the vet couldn't really see her eye much (when I took her in to question her feather loss and failure to grow the feathers back - he said probably stress)

I've just managed to get a really good look at her left eye today, she was sitting still long enough. It's very cloudy and she holds it shut a lot.

There is a video I posted on youTube:
https://youtu.be/ryktVkI0ezg or within YouTube search for Rachel Patchett / Is my Finch Blind

Any advice? I know there's not much I can do if she is blind, but could this be linked to her skittish behaviour and feather loss? She lives with a younger female companion in a cage whom she gets along really well with (they are inseparable and both cry for the other if I have to separate them. They sleep together, bathe together, sing together...) I have considered the possibility of her companion hurting her, however she has been squinty since before I bought her companion.

She flies fine (they are let out of the cage once a day for about 20 minutes).

Thanks in advance!

Hello i have a male zebra finch that had an eye a bit closed i left it alone and it kept closing more until it was completely shut (i didnt want to stress him by taking him out this was 3 years ago). A few years passed and i saw that his eyeball would still move i did some research and bought some medicine but it didnt seem to help so i stopped applying it.

He is now in a cage with a female zebra finch and is doing amazing they get along very well she also has a problem she cant balance well and often falls on her back. But i think your birds should be fine just keep an eye on them and try to see if you can apply something to her eye maybe she isnt blind, as to feather loss i dont know mine was also missing feathers but that was due to his previous cage mate plucking him.


Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable can help you figure out if she is blind or recomend something you can apply to her eye like a remedy or medicine.


Maybe you can find something useful here
https://ladygouldian.com/node/223

[RPatchett]

Thanks for that link - it is quite interesting!

I think I may actually take her back to the vet - I don’t feel confident enough to diagnose it myself...

[OhNayeli]

Thanks for that link - it is quite interesting!

I think I may actually take her back to the vet - I don’t feel confident enough to diagnose it myself...

Sure no problem, good luck