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eye infection?

LuckyClover

LuckyClover

Young Bun
This morning I noticed the fur around my bunny's left eye was wet. Also there was a little bit of gooey white stuff coming out of his eye. :cry: I was about to take him to the vet, but there is only 1 vet that take rabbits that is here and it is closed on Sundays! :( Tomorrow I will take him in the morning... does anyone know what I should do in the meantime?
 
It could just be normal, if it's just happened now. If you clean the eye and it is ok afterwards then it is probably nothing. Or it could possibly be the start of an infection, I think, if it keeps running. Or if green or yellow liquid comes out then it could be infected. Or maybe something else, I don't know . . .

And I've read that some breeds are very prone to having runny eyes, lionheads anyway, probably dwarf rabbits too?

I think just clean around the eye with some cotton wool for now and then take him to vet tomorrow, would be best. Hope he is ok
 
LuckyClover said:
This morning I noticed the fur around my bunny's left eye was wet. Also there was a little bit of gooey white stuff coming out of his eye. :cry: I was about to take him to the vet, but there is only 1 vet that take rabbits that is here and it is closed on Sundays! :( Tomorrow I will take him in the morning... does anyone know what I should do in the meantime?
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It may be infection or possibly a blocked nasolacrimal duct (tear duct)
Definately merits a Vet consult

Good luck :)
 
i went to the vets today... they said his eye was punctured. today when i woke up, his eye was glued shut and there was more white goo coming out. the vets gave me 2 gels to put on his eye- one is a pain killer to put on once a day, and the other is the medicine, i guess. i'm supposed to put on the medicine 3x a day in 8 hr intervals.

im going back in 2 days to make sure everything is going fine. at the vets they opened his eye and it was so disgusting! its all cloudy and kinda green. i feel bad and they said it was a pretty bad puncture and he will probably not regain his full sight out of his left eye. its kinda weird cuz it all happened in 1 day.
 
yes, his appetite seems to be fine, but he does seem kinda drowsy. Maybe its the medicine. I'm a little worried cuz the vets said if the medicine doesn't work, then his eye might shrivel up and right now it seems a little smaller than the normal eye. :( I do hope he will be okay. We call him Phantom because hes like the guy form phantom of the opera (1/2 normal, 1/2 ugly face). :lol: Tomorrow I hope the vets will say that the medicine is working properly and hes on the way to recovery.
 
Poor bun, how did he puncture it? Or is it just something that can happen on its own? Hope the vets news is good
 
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