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Eye problems

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weedug

Mama Doe
I have a new foster rabbit who has a problem with his eyes. He was checked at the vet because he often has his eyes closed or half open. The vet checked him over and put some dye in his eyes, which then showed a line in each eye. The vet rinsed each eye to see if the dye would wash off, she said that would mean it was an old scar.

Both eyes were still showing a mark after being rinsed. She thought that it was possibly an ulcer in both eyes, and has given me some Tiacil drops for him, and he is to take Meloxidyl every day. He goes back in a week for another check, to see if anything has improved.

Does anyone have any idea what it could be? I can see a faint grey area on one of the eyes today.
 
Is there any inflammation of the blood vessels in the iris ?

Did the Vet check drainage of the nasolacrimal ducts ?

Was 'dry eye' mentioned by the Vet ?

Aswell as the Tiacil you could ask the Vet about using some viscotears to keep the eyes lubricated.

Hope the poor Bun feels better soon xx
 
No inflammation to be seen. I could see a slight greyness yesterday in one eye, but not sure if that was still the dye.

There seems something wrong with both corneas for the dye to show up marks. She did wonder if it was his eyelashes growing inwards and damaging the eye.

He seems very slightly better with the drops, but the benefit was so quick I feel it was more that his eyes were having something moist on them, rather than the actual drops.
 
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