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Bunny Eye Issues- added photo

TickTock

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Hey guys, sorry I haven't been here in ages; life caught up. :oops:

My poor Puffy has been to the vets with a poorly eye. It started to happen a few days after his vaccinations and his right eye began watering and had a slight white discharge.

We took him to a vet but not my normal vet however since it was on a Saturday and they aren't open on the weekend. The vet put some yellow dye test in his eye and said the eye wasn't damaged. He checked Puffy's teeth and they seemed to be fine. He gave Puffy some eye drops (Fucithalmic) and told us to put a drop in both eyes twice a day.

Today Puffy's eye seems to be looking very purple/blue at the bottom. He won't let me take a photo and screws his eye up when I try to look at it. He's in with other rabbits. Is it possible that Wheatley might be licking his eye clean and not allowing the drops to do their job? If it helps they live outside in a summer house so I cant watch them 24/7.

edit: Got a photo



Is this something I should be worried about or could it be a side effect of the drops? Its only this side though
 
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TickTock said:
Hey guys, sorry I haven't been here in ages; life caught up. :oops:

My poor Puffy has been to the vets with a poorly eye. It started to happen a few days after his vaccinations and his right eye began watering and had a slight white discharge.

We took him to a vet but not my normal vet however since it was on a Saturday and they aren't open on the weekend. The vet put some yellow dye test in his eye and said the eye wasn't damaged. He checked Puffy's teeth and they seemed to be fine. He gave Puffy some eye drops (Fucithalmic) and told us to put a drop in both eyes twice a day.

Today Puffy's eye seems to be looking very purple/blue at the bottom. He won't let me take a photo and screws his eye up when I try to look at it. He's in with other rabbits. Is it possible that Wheatley might be licking his eye clean and not allowing the drops to do their job? If it helps they live outside in a summer house so I cant watch them 24/7.

edit: Got a photo



Is this something I should be worried about or could it be a side effect of the drops? Its only this side though
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I would take him back to the Vet as it may be that he does now have an ulcer, possibly caused by the other Rabbit licking his eye a lot.
 
Took Puffy this morning and just got back from the vet. Puffy possibly has an eye parasite and has been given
Metacam, Panacur and has been told to carry on with the Fucithalmic. All the other bunnies who live with Puff are going to be taken in to get weighed and get their own treatment of Panacur. :thumb:
 
TickTock said:
Took Puffy this morning and just got back from the vet. Puffy possibly has an eye parasite and has been given
Metacam, Panacur and has been told to carry on with the Fucithalmic. All the other bunnies who live with Puff are going to be taken in to get weighed and get their own treatment of Panacur. :thumb:
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That would be Encephalitozoon Cunicul. There is some information about it here

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...N3ISKU&sig=AHIEtbR1V0Bkgl46nxoM3IZVX7iM5Uaz_Q
 
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