Hi, I have a red crowned male kakariki called Kermit who is a year and nine months old. His female companion (about a year old) recently passed away due to an accident and the following day he hit his head on the door while frantically trying to look for her. His right eye was swollen and so we immediately took him to a local bird vet and he was treated the same day. This was on June 24th. They kept him in an incubator. The doctor gave us eye drop antibiotics and oral anti-inflammatory. Kermit's eye and behavior got considerably better and we stopped the medication on the fifth day. He did not like being given medication and fully resisted. He could tell in advance and went to a corner of the cage hard to reach.
About a week ago I saw he wouldn't notice my hand passing over his right eye. It looked fine but he has been scratching it lately (about a few days). Sometimes he rubs it against the cage and other things and sometimes he uses his feet. He squints his right eye and keeps it closed if I look at it from his right side. Yesterday it looked a little watery. At the same time he is eating and talking and moving around.
To my questions now: what can I do here at home to comfort his itching eye and relieve infection if any? Should I request a second appointment with the vet? He misses his companion a lot and we are ready for a new kakariki but I don't want the new companion to catch an infection if that is what he has. Is it possible that when he hit his head he lost vision in the right eye? I have a picture of his right eye attached.
Thank you very much for your help.
About a week ago I saw he wouldn't notice my hand passing over his right eye. It looked fine but he has been scratching it lately (about a few days). Sometimes he rubs it against the cage and other things and sometimes he uses his feet. He squints his right eye and keeps it closed if I look at it from his right side. Yesterday it looked a little watery. At the same time he is eating and talking and moving around.
To my questions now: what can I do here at home to comfort his itching eye and relieve infection if any? Should I request a second appointment with the vet? He misses his companion a lot and we are ready for a new kakariki but I don't want the new companion to catch an infection if that is what he has. Is it possible that when he hit his head he lost vision in the right eye? I have a picture of his right eye attached.
Thank you very much for your help.