bunny-lover
Young Bun
my rabbit milly has white bits in the corner of its eyes that look like a partial third eyelid? is this EC???! omigod! omg please help im scared!
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help please i am going o cry!!!!!!
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Bunny Buddy
Wise Old Thumper
Does it look like a white film, like an eyelid that moves from the corner of her eye?
Not sure but I think that's normal. I've only one bunny that I've seen it on but I see it when she's half dozing.
I didn't know about it until I saw a picture of a rabbit on here and someone commented about the "third eyelid". I have looked but can't find anything.
Someone with more expertise will come along but I think it might be nothing at all to panic about.
Not sure but I think that's normal. I've only one bunny that I've seen it on but I see it when she's half dozing.
I didn't know about it until I saw a picture of a rabbit on here and someone commented about the "third eyelid". I have looked but can't find anything.
Someone with more expertise will come along but I think it might be nothing at all to panic about.
Bunny Buddy
Wise Old Thumper
does it look like this?
This is a picture I found on the forum of a 'third eyelid'
This is a picture I found on the forum of a 'third eyelid'
bunny-lover
Young Bun
no
it is nothing like this...much smaller...rightin the corner..it may be hay seeds as milly was rooting around in the bag!:?
does it look like this?
This is a picture I found on the forum of a 'third eyelid'
it is nothing like this...much smaller...rightin the corner..it may be hay seeds as milly was rooting around in the bag!:?
Happy Hopping
Wise Old Thumper
It could simply be daily dirt generated by dust. Human has the same issue. Not all the dirt generated at the corner of the eye is the same color. One of my bridge bunny has liquid like white dirt at the corner, and they are soft, (usually the color is brown), and I have to move the eyelid together to "squeeze" it out daily.
The easiest way is to take a photo and post it here
The easiest way is to take a photo and post it here
marie_kubiak
Alpha Buck
It could well be the normal third eyelid. The picture above shows a rabbit with the third eyelid coming across the eye to an abnormal degree but in a normal bunny it will sit in the corner of the eye and only be visible as a small pale pink triangle. Check both sides - if they match then it's unlikely to be anything too exciting. E. cuniculi affects the lens which is deeper within the eye so it won't be due to this.
clutterydrawer
Wise Old Thumper
sounds exactly like a third eyelid. I can see Sorrel's when she's sleepy and its much smaller that the one in the above pic...I cant get a pic for you though cos sher doesnt always show it. can you get a photo of your rabbit's eye?
bunny-lover
Young Bun
*cry*
i went out to see milly this mornng.... milly has a runny eye which is weeping white fluid, milly closes the eye sometimes for a few minutes...but im worried as he hasnt been vaccinated for myxi yet (he is due in next week) his top eyelid also looks slightly swolen. I have bathed the eye with water and cotton buds, and i will keep this up through the day...if it doednt clear up im taking him to the vets. Mum will have to drive me...im 15!!! :lol: IM WORRIED FOR MY BABY MILLYHELP PLEASE!!!!!!!
i went out to see milly this mornng.... milly has a runny eye which is weeping white fluid, milly closes the eye sometimes for a few minutes...but im worried as he hasnt been vaccinated for myxi yet (he is due in next week) his top eyelid also looks slightly swolen. I have bathed the eye with water and cotton buds, and i will keep this up through the day...if it doednt clear up im taking him to the vets. Mum will have to drive me...im 15!!! :lol: IM WORRIED FOR MY BABY MILLY
HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!
ok firstly calm down and stop panic ing. lets see can you take a picture of the eye? it sounds more like something has gotten into it and that the eye has become swollen or conjunctivitus which antibiotics will clear up.
other myxi symptoms i would look for in case it is (tho unliekly as not really myxi season ) swollen genitals..... a nodule on nose..inflamed nose.... nodules/lumps on body.... lethargicness and not wanting to eat much...colder feel to bun than normal.
regardles sof what it is you should get bun vaccs soon as poss for myxi as without a vaccs they will not survive it. im sure this isnt what your bun has but take along to a good rabbit vet to be sure.x
other myxi symptoms i would look for in case it is (tho unliekly as not really myxi season ) swollen genitals..... a nodule on nose..inflamed nose.... nodules/lumps on body.... lethargicness and not wanting to eat much...colder feel to bun than normal.
regardles sof what it is you should get bun vaccs soon as poss for myxi as without a vaccs they will not survive it. im sure this isnt what your bun has but take along to a good rabbit vet to be sure.x
Happy Hopping
Wise Old Thumper
go to a friend or a neighbour, borrow a digital camera, take a photo and post it here. It's not possible to help you without that photo
bunny-lover
Young Bun
its gone
millys eye has cleared up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
millys eye has cleared up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
