Sick peacock… urgent help required!

[NikyZDem]

Hi all, I have eight peafowl total, and my oldest peacock of 7yrs (Papa) has developed a lump just the front corner of his eye, slightly lower down towards his nose. I live in Turkey, and to say the vets here are useless is an understatement. I took papa to the vets and he took a 2min look at him while smoking his cigarette in the car park! He decided it was a vitamin deficiency caused by lack of vit A and prescribed a 7 day course of antibiotics.

I did get ahead of myself, as prior to this I had been giving papa eye drops and rubbing Terramycin on the lump and this had helped, it had almost gone, but of course I stopped when the vet told me the above. So by day 3 of the antibiotics the lump had become so big that papa couldn’t climb to his usual nesting area and it had started to effect his balance.
i took Papa back to the vet who drained the fluid swelling which he ran in the lab and came back with the diagnosis of tear duct issue. Within a few hours Papa is back to a swollen eye area again and unable to climb to higher areas.

many help or experience of something similar would be much appreciated as I don’t want Papa to get to the stage that he cannot eat.

 

[casportpony]

Can you post a picture of the eye? And what antibiotics did you use?

 

[NikyZDem]

Can you post a picture of the eye? And what antibiotics did you use?

It’s dark here now as it’s 7:40pm, but I will first thing tomorrow. The vet gave us something called Diksimis, which is a Turkish brand. I stopped using it as the fluid that came out of the swelling was clear .

 

[NikyZDem]

Hi Castportpony

please see images attached. Facing Papa the issue is the left hand side. I added the right hand side so you could see the difference.

 

[KsKingBee]

This looks like the beginning of a sinus infection, it is not bad yet and can be easily managed with Tylan 200. These types of infections are usually brought on by dust or other allergens. I would give 1.5ml SQ for at least three to five days but should show signs of regression in two days since you caught it so early.

 

[NikyZDem]

Many thanks, I thought the same as we live in a very windy area and my property is an acre in size so lots of dust.
Unfortunately they do not stock Tylan 200 here.

 

[KsKingBee]

Many thanks, I thought the same as we live in a very windy area and my property is an acre in size so lots of dust.
Unfortunately they do not stock Tylan 200 here.

Casportpony will have an alternative for you.

 

[NikyZDem]

Many thanks, I did look up the main ingredients, and it seems it’s Tylosin. I know it’s used for cattle so I’m not sure if that alone would be good enough?

 

[KsKingBee]

Yes

Many thanks, I did look up the main ingredients, and it seems it’s Tylosin. I know it’s used for cattle so I’m not sure if that alone would be good enough?

Yes, same thing but usually in powdered form. I prefer the injectable but the powder in water works too but takes a bit longer. Be sure NOT to put your hand in the water to stir the powder, it will burn your skin.

 

[NikyZDem]

Can you post a picture of the eye? And what antibiotics did you use?

I’ve used the Tylan 200 for 7 days 1.5cc a day on bread and feed to papa. The swelling went down and his eye looked better, but he still has chosen to roost on our veranda rather then on top of one of the properties in the grounds. By day 6 of having stopped the Tylan, I noticed papa got up late today and has been lethargic. Upon closer inspection his eye is not as wide as the healthy side , but I can’t see a new lump yet. Any ideas what this is? Many thanks