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Blood Flecks around Eye

PomandRi

PomandRi

Alpha Buck
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This is my darling Pom (taken on a windy day, she is not usually that dishevelled). Pom was a rescue bun and when she was a baby she was kept in very bad conditions so that she had severe eye infections and now has permanently blocked tearducts - the vet has tried to flush them on numerous occasions but has told us that they are too blocked with scar tissue to ever clear. Despite this, she is a very friendly and happy bun.

We bathe Pom's eyes regularly and apply Maxitrol eyedrops. She and her husbun are quite good at washing her eyes and they usually look quite good. However, I have noticed that she occasionally gets flecks of blood around her eyes.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how these might be caused? Could her eyes be irritated and she is scratching them? Any ideas / suggestions for helping her would be much appreciated.
 
Could she have an allergy, one of mine is allergic to pets@home straw. He suffers bad eyes when he is near it.
 
Ooh, that's blinded me with science! :shock:

The answer is 'no', should she be having this done?

Is it a test on the eyeball itself? The blood flecks are actually around her eye, on the membranes around her eye rather than the eye itself.
 
PomandRi said:
Ooh, that's blinded me with science! :shock:

The answer is 'no', should she be having this done?

Is it a test on the eyeball itself? The blood flecks are actually around her eye, on the membranes around her eye rather than the eye itself.
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Do you mean the conjunctiva, the insides of the eyelids? This is an inflammatory response to an irritant or infection ie 'Conjunctivitis'

Longterm use of Maxitrol can lead to Glaucoma (increased pressure within the eye) so it is advisable to monitor things.
 
Without seeing a picture it is hard to say.

I know when eyes become sore they try to heal themselves by creating extra blood supplies, this shows up as lots of extra tiny capillaries which can be seen in the whites of the eye, inside the eyelids and if bad enough on the actual eye ball itself. This is harder to see because of the dark colour of the eye.

Do you think this is a possibility for your bunny?
 
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