One last "Hillary eye" update / pic pg 3

[Roll farms]

Goats are such interesting... frustrating ...heartbreaking ...rewarding critters to raise, aren't they?

Amen brother....

 

[Roll farms]

Here is a pic of her from today....

She's still giving 1 gallon of milk ea day, not off feed a bit, no signs of infection, and the eye still reacts to light. The swelling's went down some and I can see a bit more of the eyeball itself.

Close up after I cleaned the wound and put new antibiotic goop in her eye.

 

[cmjust0]

Ugh...makes my eyes hurt, just looking at it.

What kind of 'goop' are you using? I typically go with terramycin for eye weirdness, only because it's on-label for eyeballs and I'm paranoid about blinding somebody or whatever. I've really, really thought about using regular ol' neosporin many times before, but then I read the label that says something like "DO NOT USE ON EYEBALLS. USING ON EYEBALLS RIPS THE FABRIC OF SPACE AND TIME."

Or something like that.. Or maybe that's just how I read it, what with the paranoia and all.

I'd like to get away from terramycin, though...stuff's like $14 for a 1g tube or something ridiculous like that..

 

[Roll farms]

Well, Jeffers has terramycin on backorder...I got the last tube ANY TSC in our district had transferred to our store last week.
(No kidding, I must have seen her injury coming, b/c I suddenly just HAD to have some and couldn't find it at Jeffers or any TSC...I check our orders and it's on backorder from the company TSC gets it from...A store in OH had one tube and I had it sent to our store so I could buy it.)

I think terramycin eye ointment may have went the way of terramycin powder and crumbles....no longer made or at least not distributed by anyone I can find.

But...to answer your question....on the top of her eye is WalMart cheapo version of neosporin. IN her eye is terramycin.

In the past, when I just couldn't find terramycin, I have used neosporin IN eyes and I haven't blinded anyone yet.

(Had a doe w/ listeriosis once, she couldn't blink, and her eyeball was drying out. I put neosporin in it to keep it lubed up and the vet told me I saved her eye.)

The vet also told me that eye ointment is supposed to be made out of a buffered base so it doesn't burn.
Neosporin is basically vaseline w/ antibiotic added.
She didn't tell me NOT to use it, but said 'real' eye ointment is 'best'.

Best for the company getting 15$ per tube, maybe....

 

[cmjust0]

Yeah, my TSC hasn't had terramycin eye goop in a while either.. I had no idea it was backordered everywhere, though..

Yikes...that's the only OTC antibiotic I could ever find that was on-label for eyes. Not great if it goes away..

Really glad your goatie's feeling OK, btw. They really never cease to amaze me.

 

[ksalvagno]

Vets don't even have Terramycin. I was at the vet yesterday and they said it is on backorder indefinitely. The receptionist said Terramycin was on backorder like this the same time last year but eventually they did get it. So we might have to wait a few months for it. I got some eye triple antibiotic ointment from the vet instead. It was half the price of Terramycin but I know it works because I do keep this stuff around along with the Terramycin.

Vetropolycin is the eye antibiotic that I just got from the vet. It is specifically for eyes.

 

[Roll farms]

Thanks for the info!!!

 

[mnblonde]

Here there!! i work at TSC in Moorhead MN!! Teramyacin will actually prevent healing to let infection ooze!! use a triple antibiotic when infection is gone to promote healing cause the tera will keep it open and then will be prone to more infection!!

MNBlonde

 

[Roll farms]

One last pic, 8 days post injury...I think she's gonna heal up just fine.

*whew*

 

[DonnaBelle]

Great picture of Hillary, so glad she is doing well.

Thanks,

DonnaBelle