Hi, I have a one year old mini-lop who is suffering from a re-curring weeping eye.
Firstly we took him to the vets and they cleared out his tear duct and gave him some anti-biotic eye drops. This worked for a few days, and then the problem came back.
We took him back the vets, and they suggested anaesthetising him and clearing out the duct properly. We had this done and they said what came out looked like toothpaste! They also said he had spurs on his teeth, which were sorted out at the same time. They sent him home with eye drops again, which we used for two weeks (plus we gave him a daily nose massage to keep things moving). This seemed to fix the problem but yet again it has returned.
I am wondering if there is some problem with the environment he lives in which is causing this to come back.
One thing I could think of is that we use a cat litter tray for them as a toilet (he is a house bun), which is covered (it has a lid but no swing door). Could this be causing problems? We used to use mega-sorb in there but stopped as the buns like to dig, and it is quite dusty. We started using newspaper topped with straw, which isn't at all dusty, but it still came back.
Surely his duct isn't blocked again after a couple of weeks.
Does anyone know what could be causing it?
Thanks,
Neil
PS Sorry for the long post but I thought I would lay out as much detail as possible.
Firstly we took him to the vets and they cleared out his tear duct and gave him some anti-biotic eye drops. This worked for a few days, and then the problem came back.
We took him back the vets, and they suggested anaesthetising him and clearing out the duct properly. We had this done and they said what came out looked like toothpaste! They also said he had spurs on his teeth, which were sorted out at the same time. They sent him home with eye drops again, which we used for two weeks (plus we gave him a daily nose massage to keep things moving). This seemed to fix the problem but yet again it has returned.
I am wondering if there is some problem with the environment he lives in which is causing this to come back.
One thing I could think of is that we use a cat litter tray for them as a toilet (he is a house bun), which is covered (it has a lid but no swing door). Could this be causing problems? We used to use mega-sorb in there but stopped as the buns like to dig, and it is quite dusty. We started using newspaper topped with straw, which isn't at all dusty, but it still came back.
Surely his duct isn't blocked again after a couple of weeks.
Does anyone know what could be causing it?
Thanks,
Neil
PS Sorry for the long post but I thought I would lay out as much detail as possible.