Our little bottle baby, Tinkerbell, had one of her disbudding scabs come off today, so I sprayed it with iodine. I am almost positive I did not get any in her eyes, but she wouldn't hold still, so I suppose it is possible that I did. I noticed this afternoon that the eye is mattering and swollen. Possibly she got it infected from scratching at the scab with her little hoof. Anyway, I cleaned it out good, but haven't used any medicine on it. I do have some Neobacimyx ointment that I think we got for a dog at one time. It is Bacitracin-Nomycin-Polymyxin Ophthalmic ointment. I googled it and see it is okay for dogs and cats, but I don't know about goats. Have any of you used it on goats, and if not, what should I use? Thanks for your help!
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Thank you Claudette for that info. I will be sure to get some Vetericyn ordered. Marin's suggestion of using goat's milk in her eye worked this time. I doctored it twice with it and it completely cleared up. I had never heard of using it like that. But you are right, it would be a lot nicer not having to worry about getting iodine in their eyes at all. Both information is great! What would I do without this forum and all the wonder goat people like yourselves!
There is a product called Vetericyn that I have replaced almost all of my anticeptic/wound care items with. It is safe for eyes as well, and I think they also have an eye gel if you would rather use it than the spray. I like it because it doesn't burn like iodine and is safe for everything. Antifungal & antibacterial, will even kill hard to kill things like antibiotic resistant strains of Strep like MRSA. I've used it on umbilical stumps, rain rot, ring worm, contact dermatisis and all kinds of other stuff.... Just AMAZING... it's about $30 a bottle, but worth every penny. So consider it for your 1st aide kit and you won't have to worry if you get it in your kids eyes either.
Thank you, Marin, I will try it! I got to thinking; I was cleaning stalls this PM and she rode out on the 4-wheeler with me when I was spreading it, and it was windy and I got the spreader clogged and had to unclog it and she was downwind when that happened. She could easily have gotten some straw dust in her eye. She isn't crying (vocally) but the eye is still watering. Thanks again!
Marin Waddell said:
I don't know about the ointment, but if you have any raw goat milk around (not sure what you're giving her by bottle) you could try putting that in alongside any other treatments you may use. I've done that when any of my goat babies have goopy/irritated eyes (generally just from straw dust). I know that breastmilk is useful for eye irritations in humans so I decided that the theory might be useful for goats as well:-)
It's all I've used and the eye irritations have cleared up, whether the milk fixed it or not.
If it's something more than just an irritation you might need something stronger.