Eye Infections

[ColumbineCritter]

What can you do to help this.I have a hatchling that may have an eye infection
that has closed both eyes and they are crusted over.Any suggestions on
helping this problem it is very small and I do not want to handle him.

 

[kinyonga]

You could try misting him very gently with a very fine mist and wiping the crusty bits gently away...but it might be best to let a vet look at it if this doesn't clear it up quickly. Be careful not to get any into its lungs.

 

[Matt1851]

not sure if it would be the best thing but what if you tried wetting a q-tip and very gently wiping his eye with it.

 

[dakotakleiner]

I would mist him with warm water more than usual and keep trying to remove the crust this happend to my 4 month old veiled with one eye I increased mistings and I went to walgreens and bought refresh tears and also stuck it in his eye twice a day for almost a week...but with the refresh tears its hard to get in their eyes so you have to get a drop hanging from the bottle and kind of stick it in their eye

 

[bigcappa]

You can try to spray multiple times with warm water and if that doesn't work you could give some plain saline solution a try, you should be able to find it for 3 bucks at a local pharmacy and most grocery stores have it as well!