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Wondering if anyone has the same problem...

T

Twinkle918

New Kit
I have a male Lionhead rabbit who is a year old.
His eyes leak with tears and occasionally white gunky stuff--Almost like sleep. He has been to the vets and they flushed his tear ducts out and said everything would be fine after that but it would be an on going thing and he would need to have it done 3 times a year. He only had it done about 3 weeks, but they've continued to leak and didn't stop even when they'd flushed them. His eyes are quite red where they leak and he has lost fur around his eyes, and occasionally all the salt from the tears builds up and clumps together and eventually falls out in a lump with a lot of hair.

I was just wondering if anyone had the same problem with their rabbit and if they could tell me what it is or what I can do?
 
Silly question, cos i'm assuming they'll have done this... have they checked his teeth and also his teeth roots? Elongated teeth roots can cause this problem with them squishing the tear ducts. Teeth probs are very common in Lionheads due to the way they were crossed to 'produce' them. All my four are now dental buns because of misallignment :roll:
 
It may be elongated tooth roots that are causing the problem. Elongated tooth roots can block the nasolacrimal duct causing chronic dacryocystitis (runny eyes).

I would suggest asking your Vet if he/she thinks skull radiographs are necessary as this is the only way to diagnose tooth root elongation.

Sometimes both systemic and topical antibiotics are required to get on top of the infection. It is important to do so as in some cases abscesses can form within the duct and these can be very problematic to treat.
 
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