Hello! I would like to get some help with this young bord I have found. One of its eye is covered by this yellow discharge it hardens up, but if I try to wipe it with water it gets softer and changes colour, but doesn't come off. Very sticky staff.
He was very poorly and depressed when I have found him. Got him vitamins and an antibiotic eye drop that helped clear the other eye. Got him tablet for one eye cold too. And found some antibiotics on ebay.
I would like to let him go, but not sure what to do with the other eye or why is it shut.
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Looks like pox to me. You will need to isolate him and give supportive care until the growth has dried up and fall off. This will take a couple of weeks and he might develop some more growths. Boost his immunity with vitamins, probiotics and pure natural apple cider vinegar in the drinking water. The acv you can give twice a week, 5 ml to 1 litre of water.
Hi! The bird had been in isolation for a month now. An today that yellow thing came off but it was on the eye for over a month and the eye looks scary under it. Like it is blind. Eyelids moving but the eye has a sort of white cover. Can a half blind pigeon be released?
A blind eye means a blind side and so inability to see predators and to escape from them, to see cars, etc. It would be a serious disability for a bird living in the wild. He would not survive for a long time.
Unfortunately I don't have the space to keep him a lot longer. I have treates him and my neighbour lend me a parrot cage. Sanctuaries won't take him because of bird flue in the UK. I have asked a guy who has a loft he said it has canker and needs to be put down.
No need to put down a pigeon with canker. There are meds for treating this disease. Metronidazole, ronidazole or spartrix can be used. If you can't get from an avian vet, maybe you can order online. You've had him for so long, please don't give up on him.
You could meet someone located in your area interested in adopting a disabled bird or at least able to help you somehow (advice about where to get canker med or what else).
Here you can find the link to the international Palomacy group:
Palomacy is a volunteer-powered, donation-funded rescue saving the lives of domestic pigeons and doves. Palomacy is pigeon and dove diplomacy!
www.pigeonrescue.org
If you can't find a family for him (which would be the best option), as a last resort you could release him into a flock once recovered, it would always be a better option than euthanasia. Killing a bird only because disabled is a cruel option. I know that he has a serious disability but at least he would have a small chance...
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