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<blockquote data-quote="ctlbaron" data-source="post: 94484" data-attributes="member: 1774"><p>I have been very reluctant to say this because I'm sure some of you will think I'm totally nuts. We get have few with pinkeye every year even with the pinkeye salt mix. I intend to vaccinate next week with what you folks have recomended. That being said, When we have one come in with watery eyes we give it a good squirt of 30% bleach solution right in the eye. I know it sounds rough but it works like magic. Believe it or not my method is more gentle than what I was told to do which is to use straight bleach. I was scared to death to do it the first time with the 30%. I was afraid it would leave them blind. But at the time we had about 13 head showing signs out of 50 steers we had bought about a week before. We mixed up the bleach solution and put it in my son's super soaker water gun. We tried it on one steer first. The next day his eye was pouring the tears but he had it wide open. The next day it was dry. No shots, no squeeze shute, no problems. The next day we gave the remaining 12 the same treatment. Same results, all better in two days. Not even a white spot in any of their eyes. The watering flushes the bacteria out of the eyes and starts the healing. Same as using Furox which hurts just as bad as the bleach solution. I may not be for everyone but it it the easiest for me and I know it works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ctlbaron, post: 94484, member: 1774"] I have been very reluctant to say this because I'm sure some of you will think I'm totally nuts. We get have few with pinkeye every year even with the pinkeye salt mix. I intend to vaccinate next week with what you folks have recomended. That being said, When we have one come in with watery eyes we give it a good squirt of 30% bleach solution right in the eye. I know it sounds rough but it works like magic. Believe it or not my method is more gentle than what I was told to do which is to use straight bleach. I was scared to death to do it the first time with the 30%. I was afraid it would leave them blind. But at the time we had about 13 head showing signs out of 50 steers we had bought about a week before. We mixed up the bleach solution and put it in my son's super soaker water gun. We tried it on one steer first. The next day his eye was pouring the tears but he had it wide open. The next day it was dry. No shots, no squeeze shute, no problems. The next day we gave the remaining 12 the same treatment. Same results, all better in two days. Not even a white spot in any of their eyes. The watering flushes the bacteria out of the eyes and starts the healing. Same as using Furox which hurts just as bad as the bleach solution. I may not be for everyone but it it the easiest for me and I know it works. [/QUOTE]
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