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Is she brain damaged??

yvette

yvette

Wise Old Thumper
Ive noticed Lily Shane doing something very odd.She looks at me then her head slowly moves to the side...not a tilt but like shes following something.
I know shes the runt and has alot of problems but could she have brain damage too???
Your thoughts will be gratefully received.
 
Could it be she is scanning?

REWs and siamese sable (and also siamese smoke pearl-the dilute) often have scanning problems due to eye sight, but this can occur in any colour, especially if there is REW in the heritage.

How do you think her vision is?
 
Yes...she is a REW.Do they all do this?? Why?? Im unsure of her sight really....I worry about the eyes being in too bright a place so I keep her in the shade or a shady room.
 
Scanning is done by bunnies with poor eyesight, usually red eyed whited, when they are trying to focus on an object nearby.
 
It is probably completely normal then. When she is sitting, do her eyes scan from one side to another? Try and see when she is not active.

If you are concerned then get her checked out, but I have a couple of scan and sway. We even had a 'swaying Sweep' (who was a siamese sable) and he lived to 9 with no problems other than a sway.
 
Thankyou very much for your helpful information.All stored up for reference.
Bless her,shes a real sweetie.xx
 
My Paddy has a wobble and a sway from time to time. Hes black all over and brown eyed but the vets couldn't find anything wrong, it sounds very similar to this!
Hope bun is ok :)
 
ChloeLawless said:
My Paddy has a wobble and a sway from time to time. Hes black all over and brown eyed but the vets couldn't find anything wrong, it sounds very similar to this!
Hope bun is ok :)
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I think shes fine.She had a really sad start to life and almost a very tragic ending had i not got involved.Love her to bits.Shes my 3rd bun.I have her brother.They both suffer from snuffles....was wondering too should I bond the pair together since they are related and have the same viral thingys?
Neither are neutered currently but thats a worry too with a GA.Thoughts again please!!xx
 
Amy104 said:
Scanning is done by bunnies with poor eyesight, usually red eyed whited, when they are trying to focus on an object nearby.
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It's common to other red eyed animals too. I have a Champage hooded rat and a Champagne self rat who both have red eyes and do the scanning thing. Not entirely sure how important it is for rabbits but when I approach my rats with red eyes I have to make a noise so they know it's me that's near them otherwise it will startle them.
 
My personal feeling is that if the snuffles are under control I would neuter them and then give bonding a go- remember with the high incidence of uterine cancer not neutering her is risky too xx
 
It's called scanning. Rabbits with the REW gene do it as their vision isn't very good and they're stepping back and having a good look at things.
My foster babies (see signature) do this. One is a REW, one's a Chinchilla, and two are Sealpoints.
All of them do it as their Mum is a REW and their Dad must have REW in him too as he scans also!
 
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