vengeful.veggie
Alpha Buck
It may seem like an obvious question, but what are the tell tale signs that a bun may be blind? I know that my two rely mostly on smell and sound, I'm just curious.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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How do you tell if a bun is blind?
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Deelove
Wise Old Thumper
If completely blind they wont respond to a reflex test. i.e. putting something very close to their eye should make them blink or not react to a light. Your vet should be able to do these tests for you. We have a short sighted bun and those are the tests the vet did.
They may also scan. (Move their head from side to side).
They may also scan. (Move their head from side to side).
When my rabbit went blind before I took her for the tests at the vets I knew she was as she would walk into things and wouldn't react if you waved things at her so when the vets tested her and said she was blind and said I thought so. what amazed me was then the vet said would you like me to put her to sleep now I said no way didn't matter to me that she was blind not at all. she got on fine hopping happily round the house just had to be careful not to move things and put new things down.
I can only speak from the limited amount of experience I have had with Timmy but he's a very happy bunny. He benefits from consistancy, ie water and food in the same place, we don't move things around so he knows where everything is and we always make sure we talk to him as we approach him so he doesn't get startled and he responds like any other bunny bounding over to the gate to see you 
When in a new place he tends to stick to perimiters but he loves exploring and investigating and nothing is unworthy of a good chin!
When in a new place he tends to stick to perimiters but he loves exploring and investigating and nothing is unworthy of a good chin!
Thanks for that, sounds like Timmy is perfectly happy.
It's normally my wife, Helen (rosie_rabbit) who posts on this forum, its our rabbit Rosie who has been blind in one eye for 2 years, who seems to be acting as if her other eye has lost most of it's sight. To complicate things, her hearing isn't particularly good either. but all in all, she still seems to move about okay, maybe not as quickly....
It's normally my wife, Helen (rosie_rabbit) who posts on this forum, its our rabbit Rosie who has been blind in one eye for 2 years, who seems to be acting as if her other eye has lost most of it's sight. To complicate things, her hearing isn't particularly good either.
but all in all, she still seems to move about okay, maybe not as quickly....
biscuitblossom
Warren Veteran
Billy scans, does that mean hes short sighted as opposed to blind?......he is easily startled ,very skitty.....he does have a red tinge to his eyes too which I've read is common in scanning bunnies.
