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Optimmune/ eye drops- stressed bunny stressed mummy!

natandfluffs

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Hey

I had my gang for their myxi boosters on Thurs, talked to the vet about Pippin's eye thing (sore, closed and weepy) that happened in Jan, recovered quickly and came back in March.. went away again, but occasionally (I'd say about 3 times in the past couple of months) she'll have it half closed.

The vets test with litmus paper showed she's not producing enough tears (should have got to .5- one eye was .4 the other .3- I think) so not terrible, but enough to do something with.

So we have optimmune, a drop in each eye twice daily. The first couple of times she sat and let me do it, but now I can't get anywhere near her. Any ideas? Ways to make it manageable?

I'm tearing my hair out as I want to help her and do it properly, but don't want to stress her. I need to do it properly now because if it doesn't improve we're likely looking at lifelong treatment :(
 
I am affraid its a case of being firm .
Take her out of her own environment-eg into the bathroom
If you have someone to help get them to hold her whilst she is wrapped in a towel then you apply the eyedrops.

Be confident but not rough in your handling and offer her tastey treats after each treatment. Dont expect her to take the treat from your hand, but make sure she has something nice to eat as soon as you return her to her own environment.

Try to make sure that you spend some special time with her for other reasons than just giving her the eye drops

Good luck
 
Thanks for this Jane.

Am at the end of my tether trying to do it with a willing patient, though this is frustrating given that she was so good the first few days.... I had visions of training her to sit on a shelf in the shed whilst I did it :roll: perhaps I was a little too hopeful!

Ok, so firm but fair.

Already trying to spend lots of extra time with her, she's such a lovely sweet little bunny and I am afraid that she will hate me :cry:
 
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