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Duck news
(It's still raining. Bah.)
We were back at the vet this evening with Anagramma. Good progress, and the swelling's all gone, so now it was time to have a proper look at it.
The next step depends on what the actual injury was. If it was just surface damage to the eyeball, she should recover well and (eventually: might take months) the white scabby thing on the eyeball will drop off naturally. If the cornea was punctured and the infection was inside the eyeball, though, it will keep recurring as soon as the scab isn't there to block the hole.
We'll take her back on Monday and they'll anaesthetise her and then scrape the scab off and see what's underneath. If the cornea is punctured, they'll remove the eye. The vet thinks, based on what she can see, that this will be the outcome.
"We do have a standard price for eyeball removal, but it's for dogs so I'll have to ask my boss for a quote."
Either way, she should make a good recovery and cope well if she does end up blind on one side.
She is getting pretty reigned to being netted and handled (although I do still have to stalk her across the grass like the mighty hunter I am), but the rest of the flock other than ZuZu are still very annoyed with me and run away to hide whenever they see me. Actually, ZuZu's not terribly happy either, after I caught her this afternoon so that Mike could clip her wing!
We were back at the vet this evening with Anagramma. Good progress, and the swelling's all gone, so now it was time to have a proper look at it.
The next step depends on what the actual injury was. If it was just surface damage to the eyeball, she should recover well and (eventually: might take months) the white scabby thing on the eyeball will drop off naturally. If the cornea was punctured and the infection was inside the eyeball, though, it will keep recurring as soon as the scab isn't there to block the hole.
We'll take her back on Monday and they'll anaesthetise her and then scrape the scab off and see what's underneath. If the cornea is punctured, they'll remove the eye. The vet thinks, based on what she can see, that this will be the outcome.
"We do have a standard price for eyeball removal, but it's for dogs so I'll have to ask my boss for a quote."
Either way, she should make a good recovery and cope well if she does end up blind on one side.
She is getting pretty reigned to being netted and handled (although I do still have to stalk her across the grass like the mighty hunter I am), but the rest of the flock other than ZuZu are still very annoyed with me and run away to hide whenever they see me. Actually, ZuZu's not terribly happy either, after I caught her this afternoon so that Mike could clip her wing!
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And, I'm sorry, but I did have a giggle at the mental image of you as the Mighty Hunter, stalking her across the grass.
Teddy
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