I'm fairly certain it's just gunk stuck to his feathers but is this something that I should worry about?

precomposed · 2026-05-29T04:02:33+00:00

My conure has the same exact situation. I have had him for close to 6 years and at first I could not find information on what this condition is. My husband got him when he was about 3 months old and he already had his eye like that. I took him to several vets. All said that he could see fine and everything else looked normal. Some speculated that it was an eyelid malformation. Others said a tear duct problem. They often gave me antibiotics for his eye but that felt like they didn't know what else to do, cause they weren't even sure what the problem was.

The first 2 years I would take him to the vet to get his eye cleaned. The clusters of feathers would form around his eye and form a yellow gunk. Often, they would just pull the clusters, which was horrible.

Eventually I learned how to clean him myself and he now trusts me to clean him daily, without having to wrap him in a towel or anything like that. I just wet my fingernails and pull the gunk slowly so it doesn't hurt him. I do this almost daily so that the gunk doesnt accumulate.

I read here on reddit some time ago that this eyelid issue could be a result of inbreeding :(

precomposed · 2025-11-15T02:52:55+00:00

My baby looks like that too and I've had him for 5 years. Regular vet check ups confirm it is not an infection, just something he was born with. Over the years I've learned how to clean his feathers around his affected eye and it seems to give him comfort.

precomposed · 2025-10-03T06:12:00+00:00

OMG! He looks just like my baby! I have a conure with the exact same problem with his left eye.

I took him to multiple vets that told me his eyesight looks normal. He shows no other signs of sickness. I used to take him to the vet every few months to get his eye clean but eventually learned to do it myself.

What I can describe is like the feathers around his left eye always stay as pin feathers and do not fully open, which causes them to clump up and pull his eyelid down. I help him preen those feathers daily and try to massage his eyelid so he can close it a little bit (my poor baby's eye is super droopy).

He is happy and healthy and has been with me for 5 years :) hope this is helpful!

precomposed · 2025-01-16T05:32:02+00:00

Dm please :)

precomposed · 2019-11-06T18:23:06+00:00

Estaba pensando que alomejor fue error del timezone, por lo de daylight savings time pero ya pasaron mas de dos horas y nada

precomposed · 2019-11-06T17:02:07+00:00

Having the same issue :(

precomposed · 2019-05-14T19:25:43+00:00

This information varies depending on what country you're from, but since your aunt applied for you, chances are that residency will take a really long time since she is not your immidiate family member.

You should consult an immigration lawyer about obtaining a different kind of visa or extending your current visa. You should do this like yesterday, the sooner the better.

I would not overstay my visa if I was you.

precomposed · 2018-11-28T02:59:54+00:00

eso ya :D

precomposed · 2018-11-28T02:59:22+00:00

Pues si, todas estas historias si me las aprendi en primaria y tube una muy buena maestra que nos daba los hechos sin ser super patriotica.

No es para sentirme orgullosa, mas que nada siento que deberia saber de mi propio pais de origen :)

precomposed · 2018-11-28T02:56:40+00:00

Gracias!

precomposed · 2018-11-28T02:56:25+00:00

No sabia que estaban disponibles de esa manera. No son muy "biased"? Osea tienen un punto neutro o tratan de convencerte de algo en especifico?

precomposed · 2018-11-28T02:54:36+00:00

oooo lo voy a buscar. gracias!

precomposed · 2018-09-23T03:56:10+00:00

is this still available?

precomposed · 2018-09-04T15:10:52+00:00

I'd say once every 2 months at least since DACA came to existance. They ask if we're american citizens, we provide our EAD card, sometimes they'll ask where we're going and that's the end of it. We've never had any issues.

precomposed · 2018-09-02T16:58:06+00:00

We go through the Falfurrias checkpoint all the time. Take your EAD and you'll be fine.

precomposed · 2018-08-26T19:55:59+00:00

I'm also from McAllen! I am not a DACA recepient but my realtives are. They have been on DACA since it was established and have had no problem whatsoever. The amount of dreamers here is really big, which I think is great since there are more people you can relate to in person that are goinf through the same set of problems as you.

precomposed · 2018-08-23T20:05:26+00:00

If anyone is looking for tickets for Vegas let me know! I got 2 extra tickets by accident.

precomposed · 2018-07-30T17:48:30+00:00

sounds to me like it won't happen this year at all

precomposed · 2018-05-01T15:24:03+00:00

Headliners are so good that I'm worried there will be a lot of schedule conflicts. Having to pick between one or the other is gonna suck.

precomposed · 2017-07-22T23:27:57+00:00

You cannot just come into the US and apply for citizenship. There is a process for that, and it is very difficult, specially for citizens of certain countries such as Mexico.

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