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Watery eye

Do they feel sticky? Is it both eyes? Is it making the fur round the eye constantly wet? xXx
 
It sounds to me like he could have dental problems, as that often causes watery eyes - my rabbit has the same problem. Have you had him looked at by the vet? I think that's probably the next step.
 
I wouldn't panick as such, my little male had a watery eye for a couple of days and he was run down after neutering and over tired. I kept him warm and increased his food and gave him warm boiled water to drink in a bowl, I used cotton wool pads one clean pad each wipe, plain cooled boiled water and cleaned it morning and night approx 4 very gentle wipes. He was fine after 72 hours completely back to normal -it gradually got better but, won't clear overnight, it could be a little abrasion on the eye from hay, if its clear water and not infected, sticky/yellow its up to you how you proceed just thought I would share that with you, if you are really worried, get him checked by the vet. :wave:
 
it will be dental problems most likely, Ling Jai used to have watery eyes for years and each time I took him to the vet they never found anything wrong. They did not check his mouth all this time, when the new vet did they realised he only had teeth on one side of his mouth:roll: All this time he had suffered, but never actually seemed to be in pain:shock: Over time with dentals etc the watery eyes have subsided but he has lost fur next to his eyes and looks quite scruffy:shock:
 
It may not be dental problems, dont worry just yet. One of my foster buns has the same symptoms, we started off on eye drops last week, they didnt work so we are not on the 2nd week of antibiotic eye drops.

It could be infected tear ducts aswell. Or of course, it could be tooth related.

I hope your bunny will be ok. Please let us know how you get on xXx
 
He had blocked tear duckts. gave us some eye drops and this morning when we did hs eyes they are not wet anymore so they are doing a fab job. :D
 
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