One eye cold

What causes one eye cold

could be a number of things but in the last few years there seems to be a new form of it a lot call it fat eye where one eye swells and weeps a bit it only last a few days then goes as quick as it comes we had one y/b with it this year 4 days later it had gone last year we had around 5 with it normaly one would follow another never had 2 together wiht it an most times a day or so after a race but as i said leave it aloke it goes in around 4 days by itself

its bacteria, put some honey in the eye and it will be gone in 2 days.

boosey the problem is chlamydia caused by poor ventilation

could be a number of things first thing I would do though is make sure the birds getting enough vitamin A ...could be something as simple as a peck in the eye or bird sitting in a draught or indeed could be linked to respiratory problem but if the other birds are ok then its doubtful most times it clears up on its own which makes me feel its a peck usually

had one eyed cold twice over the past 6 years, used optrex infected eye drops for conjunctivitis in humans.......contains chloramphenicol and sorts it out easily enough.

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That's new to me Martyn

Billy O'Neil from Dudley Port if he saw a pigeon with one eye cold he would open the beak and squeeze the wattle nostrils and if the clef moved there would be gung (snot ) he would get a cotton wool ear bud roll it on the clef get the gung rolled onto the ear bud and this helps clear the nostrils and the one eye cold is gone the next day

But what I would say if a pigeon is in a draft I would say this helps toward the one eye cold situation also

don't know the cause but did read old fanciers would spit in the eye to cure it

rainbow wrote:

don't know the cause but did read old fanciers  would spit in the eye to cure it

That's for the big spenders George along with the tea bag trick etc . Some people will go to no end to spend up big  on medications/potions to solve a problem.

they were the days of no money and no transport birds went each week from 50 to 500 mls and still at the end of the racing many went in a hole in the garden not like now were you have to buy ,also at sales only flown birds would sell now to buy a flown bird is like buying a hen with teeth good luck in the test loft knackered

take no chanses with the young birds if it isn't gone in a few days get somthink like orniquer or tylason plus thats what i would do

rainbow wrote:

they were the days of no money and  no transport birds went each week from 50 to 500 mls and still at the end of the racing  many went in a hole in the garden not like now  were you have to buy ,also  at sales only flown birds would sell now to buy a flown bird is like buying a hen with teeth  good luck in the test loft knackered

Understand fully George etc. My brain, sadly get's lost when I see all the magic potions, that apparently are required now these days to keep our little champs on there perch, let alone race them. I just wonder how many get their money back at the end of the day type of thing after putting them through a season of racing.

as they say knackered they don't build them like they used to

Don thats very interesting mate, I have had it from time to time as people have said sometimes a peck will do it, and to me that's why its bacteria, the peak is the transmitter of it...sometimes
Every time I have seen a bird with it, and I did have 1 bird seemed to get it once a year, it usually is gone in 2/3 days, I mop up the bubbles with tissue to dry it out, then a blob of honey, gone within days no further treatment needed.
I don't think clamidia as stated has anything to do with it? but I think that is a bacterial infection so could be. and if it isn't a bacterial infection then it defo isn't clamidia.

David wrote:

had one eyed cold twice over the past 6 years, used optrex infected eye drops for conjunctivitis in humans.......contains chloramphenicol and sorts it out easily enough.

About the same here David "2X6"     a nuisance issue is how best I would describe it etc when it happens. Another thing which I have used with success is Colloidal Silver (home brand) in the eye. Another one of those cheap little things, that strangely seems to work for some reason .

hows the one eye cold boosey and did you treat with anything

Yes it's gone now thanks Mark,
1st I treated it it with old had one eye cold tablets, that did nothing, when I used to race they used to get rid of it within 2 days.

Next I mixed up some strong condis crystals and dipped her head in that for 5 seconds twice a day, that didn't do anything, do I was now thinking it was something else.

As a last resort I tilted her head to one side and dripped a tea bag into her eye I let her blink about 20 times with the tea still in her eye then put her back in the hospital hutch.

Next morning after one treatment with the tea it was totally gone.

Her loft mates had their first 3 training tosses last week while she was in the hutch, I put her in with them today and she made it home, albeit 30 mins after the rest, but it was her first toss.

That's great news Boosey treatment had little cost compared to what you could have paid with having a pigeon symbol on the packaging

amazing what a cup of rosey lee can do ...wonder if its the caffeine either way glad the problems solved

glad to hear you sorted it out