Worried about bunny with pink eye

This evening i noticed my rabbit has a pink lower eyelid on the right side that looks a tiny bit inflamed.

The other eye lid looks white and healthy. There is no discharge around her eyes except a little bit of sleep and she was eating hay when I saw her eye.

She saw the vet last week who said he thought she had allergies (which is what another vet had said a couple of months ago) because she has been sneezing a lot but shows no other symptoms of snuffles.

Do you think this could be linked?

Her teeth were ok too when vet looked.

Im really stumped.

What does anyone think? Im in panic mode thinking she has mixi (she was vacinated last in July)

I'd take her to the vets tomorrow if I was you.

Are your vets rabbit savvy? If she sneezes a lot, I would probably ask for a swab done to see what is going on etc.

I would hope that she's just got a bit of hay in it, which has irritated her eye. Keep a close eye on it, and check her genitals (swelling around there would indicate myxi), as long as she is eating and happy, I wouldn't worry too much. x

Vegan_Bunny said:

I'd take her to the vets tomorrow if I was you.

Are your vets rabbit savvy? If she sneezes a lot, I would probably ask for a swab done to see what is going on etc.

I would hope that she's just got a bit of hay in it, which has irritated her eye. Keep a close eye on it, and check her genitals (swelling around there would indicate myxi), as long as she is eating and happy, I wouldn't worry too much. x

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Thank you for replying. I will call the vets first thing. Her ladies bits arent swollen at all and she nearly ate my hand off with some bribery treats so i could try to see her bum.

It still looks a little red and i hope you are right and its just a bit of vicious hay went in it. She is a recently vaccinated house rabbit and lives on the 3rd floor but i know there has been mixi in the area and i have seen a few mosquitos

Im such a worry wart x

iggyperdyandme said:

Thank you for replying. I will call the vets first thing. Her ladies bits arent swollen at all and she nearly ate my hand off with some bribery treats so i could try to see her bum.

It still looks a little red and i hope you are right and its just a bit of vicious hay went in it. She is a recently vaccinated house rabbit and lives on the 3rd floor but i know there has been mixi in the area and i have seen a few mosquitos

Im such a worry wart x

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Don't worry, I'm the same. :lol: It will be very unlikely to be myxi, the combined vaccine is much more effective than older one, and having her indoors reduces the risk even further.

I took Nettle to the vet yesterday for the same kind of thing and that turned out to be a little ulcer under her eyelid, probably caused by a bit of hay poking in it. We have antibiotic ointment to put in it twice a day, and her painkillers have been extended (she was spayed on Thursday, poor love).

Sam and Truffs said:

I took Nettle to the vet yesterday for the same kind of thing and that turned out to be a little ulcer under her eyelid, probably caused by a bit of hay poking in it. We have antibiotic ointment to put in it twice a day, and her painkillers have been extended (she was spayed on Thursday, poor love).

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Oh noes! hope your bunny is ok soon

Vegan_Bunny said:

Don't worry, I'm the same. :lol: It will be very unlikely to be myxi, the combined vaccine is much more effective than older one, and having her indoors reduces the risk even further.

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I have stopped manically googling mixi symptoms now and watching her every move. She is getting rather fed up of me looking at her