Hi. I already have a rabbit who has major dental problems and hasn't got long left to live but his brother who he lives with has never had any tooth problems at all and started getting watery eyes. We did ask at the vets when we took the dental rabbit for a check up and the vet told us that it is probably a blocked tear duct. We had some eye drops for the dental rabbit (who doesn't need them now as the problem has been found and the vet said the drops won't do anything) and got told to give him them and next week he may need to be booked in for a tear duct flush.
I was wondering, do rabbits sneeze when there tear ducts are blocked and is it a sign of future dental problems? He has never had any dental trouble before but i am worried he may get the same dental trouble as his brother. Although we have felt around his jaw and not found any abnormalities so we don't think it is a molar problem and he has been eating well. I just want to find out all the possiblities. It may simply be a blocked tear duct, can rabbits get allergies? We've always used the same sawdust and hay etc. I have noticed that since the recession the sawdust and hay has been a little more dusty than usual could that have caused the tear duct blockage?
I just want to have my mind at rest from worrying about him too. We've already lost 2 rabbits this year and are about to lose a third to this dental thing. I'm hoping he doesn't have the same thing and it is something curable.
I was wondering, do rabbits sneeze when there tear ducts are blocked and is it a sign of future dental problems? He has never had any dental trouble before but i am worried he may get the same dental trouble as his brother. Although we have felt around his jaw and not found any abnormalities so we don't think it is a molar problem and he has been eating well. I just want to find out all the possiblities. It may simply be a blocked tear duct, can rabbits get allergies? We've always used the same sawdust and hay etc. I have noticed that since the recession the sawdust and hay has been a little more dusty than usual could that have caused the tear duct blockage?
I just want to have my mind at rest from worrying about him too. We've already lost 2 rabbits this year and are about to lose a third to this dental thing. I'm hoping he doesn't have the same thing and it is something curable.