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Fangs



Joined: 16 Apr 2005
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:53 pm    Post subject: Is He Going Blind? Reply with quote
Went out to see the chickens just now and Dash's eye isn't like it normally is. The orange colour that it usually is has gone, and its like a misty green colour now. The pupil hsa gone tiny. His other eye is fine, just this 1. Is he going blind?



The eye which I think he has gone blind in.

He's 2 and a half years old if that helps.

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Fangs



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
His good eye, soz bout the bad piccie



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Deb_Moderator



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fangs, it looks like he has damaged his pupil somehow. I don't think it is myco....like I stated it could be on msn. You may need to take him into the vet...or just watch it for a few days. If it changes to cloudy or sort of irridecent in anyway....vet immediately. Sad

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~*Diamond*~



Joined: 03 Oct 2005
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Location: Bedfordshire but we like cornwall :)
PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
awww ... poor chicken Crying or Very sad
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Fangs



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well I shone a light in it as someone told me to do, and he didn't react to it. Did the same to the other eye and as it was bed time he pecked the torch. So it would appear he cannot see through it. He is perfecctly healthy apart form that though.
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NannyP



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It doesn't look good Ruth. maybe if you go to the vet soon, she/he'll be able to do something?
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debcat
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fangs,
Could he have been pecked or hurt his eye on something?
I have a roo the same, he was in a fight with another roo.
apart from his eye he is healthy and gets around fine
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Fangs



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I dunno really. Eye is still the same today, but he is fine in himself, so I'm not worried bout him. If it does get worse I will take him to the vets though.
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chrislee765



Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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Location: Hayling Island
PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fangs, on a technical note. Your camera should have a macro mode. The icon for it on my nikon is a flower. This allows the camera to focus on things alot closer up!

HTH, and good luck with Dash
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