Author Topic: eye infection?.......help! (Read 1691 times)

fiestyredhead331 · « **on:** August 15, 2014, 04:41:30 pm »

one of our girls had a weepy eye the othere, just the one eye and I thought perhaps she had perhaps poked herself in the eye in the long grass so washed it with warm water but now her eye has gone cloudy?....could it be pink eye or something else? if so what should I be doing? Terramycin ointment?

anyone got any advice?......

fsmnutter · « **Reply #1 on:** August 15, 2014, 04:48:24 pm »

Could well be pinkeye, often starts with a poke due to grass/hay/silage.
The cloudiness is inflammation in the cornea, the surface of the eye, and may be a sign of ongoing infection, or a sign of healing, it can be hard to tell until time reveals whether or not it is getting better!
Antibiotic ointment is good (eg. Orbenin) but I would suggest also giving a shot of long acting terramycin injection and probably a shot of anti-inflammatory (eg. Metacam) would be useful too.
Hope she feels better soon!

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 15, 2014, 04:54:13 pm »

just spoke to the vet and they are giving me ointment tomorrow and if that doesn't help i'll take her down to them for a look

thanks fsmnutter

jaykay · « **Reply #3 on:** August 15, 2014, 07:42:36 pm »

I always jag mine with long acting Tetroxy when they get pink eye, in fact, that's our vets' treatment of choice over ointment - I suppose with sheep mainly, when you only have to do it every 3 days. They mind it a lot less too.

ScotsGirl · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2014, 10:06:37 pm »

It improves. Mine had a horrible eye from a butting session but the ointment, bathing it and in the end metacam and some antibiotics you would never know. I was sure she would lose her sight.