Hello. Can you see any kind of discharge from the eye or from either nostril?
Is there any swelling, redness, discoloration near the eye or eyelid?
Does his eye seem bright and alert and no color change as compared to the other eye?
Any evidence of him rubbing it on perches, toys, etc. or scratching it?
Any feather loss anywhere?
Thanks, Patricia
Okay, thanks for the extra information. Nothing really sounds like you have any kind of emergency on your hands and at least that is good. Realizing I cannot, nor should it even try, to diagnose for you from a distance, my first suspect is that without you knowing it, he may have scratched his cornea by rubbing it. And/or, he could have gotten a little piece of dust, seed hull, are almost anything in his eye. The only down side is if that's the problem and if the irritant is still there, it may need a "flushing" by someone who really knows what they are doing. With their nostrils that close and with the risk of getting water into the nostrils, causing aspiration, that makes it risky for us to attempt a flush. If he gets plenty of opportunities to bathe, especially if he takes his own bath in a large pan or if he goes to the shower with you, you might encourge a vigorous bath as one possible way to flush out anything that may be there. If he likes, or at least doesn't mind too much, you can try misting him with a spray bottle. Just don't spray directly at him, ever. Always spray/mist from above as if it's raining. I know good Avian vets can be few and far between and we often have to drive a heck of a lot futher than we'd like to get to one. But, also, many of them do not advertise all that much because they often have as much business as they can keep up with anyway. I don't know where you live so I'm going to give you a lot of links that may hopefully help you locate one, if not near by, at least within a distance you can travel, if it comes to that. You might get lucky and find one closer than you think. At his age, and if he has never had a "well bird" checkup, it's way past time for that to be a good idea anyway. I truly "preach" to everyone; "it's far easier and cheaper to keep them well than it is to get them well" so annual checkups are highly recommended. In the meantime, about all you can do is keep a very close eye out for any worsening of the condition of the eye and give those bathing approaches a try. I'm sorry I don't have an exact answer or cure for you but from long distance and not being able to see him myself, that's about all I can offer for him while still being honest and straight forward with you. I hope this will help some but if not, or if you need anything further, just let me know. Patricia
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