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Bunny Abscess

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Brennan

Alpha Buck
If anyone can share their stories about their experiences with Bunny abscesses I would be really thankful, especially nasty eye ones :(

My poor bunny has two one in his cheek and one behind his eye (we think) he has had surgery to have the abscess on his cheek brided, but sadly he may need to have his eye removed if there is one behind it to have the same treatment :cry:
 
Hi Carly

I have a one eyed house rabbit who had her left eye removed due to a retrobulbar abcess.

I am afraid her eye was removed before she came to me so I cannot comment on how she was treated but I just wanted to reassure you that if his eye does have to be removed it will not be a huge inconvenience for him or affect his quality of life.

Lexie has spent 3 years as a one eyed rabbit and as long as we remember that she has a blind spot on her left hand side and do not approach her with out talking to her from that direction she is fine. The only other problem she has is with distance perception, she will run into you instead of up to you as she does not realise the distance she is covering.

All in all she is a happy, friendly and affectionate rabbit and most people will not even notice she has a 'disability'.

Welcome to the forum by the way :wave:
 
Thanks for all your stories, his abscess is much better today but sadly he wont eat, I am updating my other thread - I just wanted to bump it for more stories x
 
Hi Carly

My bunny had one of her eyes removed yesterday due to an abcess and infection. She is much brighter in herself so I am feeling pretty positive about it. She has been really poorly and this is the best I have seen her since I took her to bunny hospital, hopefully she will be out by xmas.

How is your bun doing?
 
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