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Duck tales
Over the weekend, while Mike was at Novacon, I noticed that Lucy Anagramma's eye looked... missing. Nothing there, just smooth skin.
After a bit of wondering if we'd actually been so unobservant as to not notice she'd been born without one of her eyes, I dug through some photos and found some where it was definitely there.
I asked around some of my bird-owning friends, who thought it was probably an infection. When I went to catch her at lunch time, to get a closer look with that in mind, it turned out that they were right: the infection had burst.
We took her to the vet this evening, and confirmed that there was an infection, that there was probably a foreign body causing it, and that it had probably actually pierced the eyeball: she's unlikely to keep her sight, but should be fine otherwise. Now I have to put goop on her eye three times a day, which should be fun. Even if she gets used/resigned to being handled, all the others will go nuts when I go in the house to actually catch her....
In other news, still bloody raining. Another half an inch overnight, on (still) sodden ground, so the boys had to stand in yet again. I've given up any hope of weeding this year.
After a bit of wondering if we'd actually been so unobservant as to not notice she'd been born without one of her eyes, I dug through some photos and found some where it was definitely there.
I asked around some of my bird-owning friends, who thought it was probably an infection. When I went to catch her at lunch time, to get a closer look with that in mind, it turned out that they were right: the infection had burst.
We took her to the vet this evening, and confirmed that there was an infection, that there was probably a foreign body causing it, and that it had probably actually pierced the eyeball: she's unlikely to keep her sight, but should be fine otherwise. Now I have to put goop on her eye three times a day, which should be fun. Even if she gets used/resigned to being handled, all the others will go nuts when I go in the house to actually catch her....
In other news, still bloody raining. Another half an inch overnight, on (still) sodden ground, so the boys had to stand in yet again. I've given up any hope of weeding this year.