Starlight
Warren Veteran
Muffin one of our permanent residents, occassionally in the past had a runny tear duct, which would be flushed and then would be clear for a good 6-8 months.
Three weeks ago, I came home to find his eye filled with white runny discharge again. I had an appointment that morning, so took him along, and they flushed his eye in front of me consciously. There was a big build up of hard gunk in his tear duct.
This has now happened 3 weeks in a row. A conscious tear duct flush each week, only to have the same problem the following week.
The last time the vet said there wasn't even much of a build up, and he is unsure of why, suggesting that the following week, if the eye is the same again, an x-ray of his skull.
Does anyone know what it could be?
No other symptoms at all, just this one eye. He does have a scar on his eyelid, where it was ripped by another rabbit and had to have a stitch, but this has never caused problems before.
The vet mentioned pressure from the tooth roots pushing up.
It is also costing £70 a go for a conscious flush :shock: So three weeks running, it hasn't been cheap!
Three weeks ago, I came home to find his eye filled with white runny discharge again. I had an appointment that morning, so took him along, and they flushed his eye in front of me consciously. There was a big build up of hard gunk in his tear duct.
This has now happened 3 weeks in a row. A conscious tear duct flush each week, only to have the same problem the following week.
The last time the vet said there wasn't even much of a build up, and he is unsure of why, suggesting that the following week, if the eye is the same again, an x-ray of his skull.
Does anyone know what it could be?
No other symptoms at all, just this one eye. He does have a scar on his eyelid, where it was ripped by another rabbit and had to have a stitch, but this has never caused problems before.
The vet mentioned pressure from the tooth roots pushing up.
It is also costing £70 a go for a conscious flush :shock: So three weeks running, it hasn't been cheap!