Several years ago, I had 5 steers and one cow come down with Pink Eye. I took them to the vet and put them in the head gate. The vet gave them a shot in the eye and did some other stuff to them... Got home and they all cleared up. A few days later, one steer got pink eye again. I took him the the vet and the vet treated him again. Vet said if he came down with it again there was nothing he could do. A friend told me to go to the natural health guy and buy a 50.00 bag of sea kelp and give it to them free choice. A few days later I got the kelp, put it out free choice for the gang. They all ate. The one steer who had it twice had white covered eye balls by this time. After about 3 days on the sea kelp, his eyes were completely cleared up. I saw the vet about a month later and he inquired about the steer. I told him about the kelp and his eye was completely cleared up. The vet was in disbelief.
From what I understand the animals with pink eye are lacking minerals. Sea kelp is high in minerals. You can get it from
Azure Standard - Quality Bulk & Natural Foods If you are not aware they are like a co-op you can buy from. They deliver once or twice a month through out the country. The sea kelp is at
Azure Standard
or search their site for Thorvin Kelp Gran ASCO Ani/Fert (Blue Label), Organic .
We get 10 bags at a time, as it is cheaper to ship that many by freight than it is to ship one bag by UPS. We buy ours at
North American Kelp North American Kelp
On a good note, kelp increased the milk production in my goats by 25%. You can add it to your garden and increase yields.
As ycanchu2 said, Redmonds salt
Redmond Natural: Real Results. Naturally. is also great to use. I use that for my goats, sheep, steers , chickens and I eat it non stop! I put the # 4 minerals on my pastures and had an explosion of growth of grass. It was like walking on the tundra..... Lush green masses of grass. It was well into winter before they could eat it down.
Both options would work for wild critters as you can just put the redmonds rock out and they will lick it or put out a bucket of sea kelp.