Bonnie Blue still has crusty eyes

[cg4jc]

Hi!
My parrotlet has crusty eyes most of the time. I have taken her to an avian vet who tried a couple of medicines and also had me spray her frequently. Nothing has made a difference and the vet is truly baffled. This has been going on since before I bought her. A couple of times a week, I have to gently wipe her eyes with a warm cotton ball to remove the crust or else her eyes will start to close up. I am now on a mission to find out if it is something missing in her diet or?? Please help if you have any knowledge of this type a thing. Oh and she is also missing feathers on the sides of her head so the vet thougtht maybe she was rubbing herself but I have seen no signs of that.Thank you!!

Caryn

[Callie]

Has your vet checked for blocked tear ducts in your parrotlet's eyes? I have a youngster who had a problem with that and the feathering always seemed to have a crust around it. Does it also appear that the area right around the eyes is a bit swollen?

[cg4jc]

He did not mention that. I wil ask him. Thank you so much!

[cg4jc]

What did you do for the problem with the tear ducts?

[Callie]

My avian vet gave me some medication (tobramycin optic) to put in the damaged right eye and the right nostril twice/day. I used it for a month and then stopped it on her instructions. While it seemed to aggravate the eye even more, once I stopped, the eye isn't weeping as much and the condition seems to be clearing itself.

In larger parrots, the duct can be opened I believe surgically.