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What happened to his face? (photos)

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Martin12

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Can someone please at least give a hint what could have happened to my bunny's face. He didn't have such a small eye before. His behaviour is normal, nothing has changed.

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Jesselle said:
Can you get to the out of hours vet?
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This.

If you can, get there as soon as possible. It looks like his mouth may also have been affected and as I'm sure you'll know, rabbits not eating are a very serious problem.
 
Vets immediately. I'm not sure what it is but it's serious.

I hope you get some answers soon.


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What others have said..Get go VETS URGENTLY,!

good luck..and keep us posted as something definitely isnt right there

Fee xxxx
 
It looks like he may have something in his eye. If nothing has changed, as you say, and he is eating, then my bet would be his eye; looks like he's squinting and that would affect his mouth shape I should imagine.

I also would contact the vet I think.

Good luck.
 
Oh wow, I have never seen anything like that before unless it was the result of an ongoing condition. My bunny Nena has a squinty eye along with a droopy mouth due to nerve damage from an operation. It's been diagnosed as Horner's syndrome.

I too would definitely be down the emergency vets asap - definitely tonight. Bunnies hide pain very well so although bunny may be acting normally, they may be in a lot of pain.
 
Looks like Atrophy of muscle following nerve damage probably due to either deep inner ear infection or acute attack EC - although there could be other reasons such as trauma or something else interfering with nerve - but inner ear and EC are most common.

The episode/infection paralysis the nerve and over the following days/weeks the muscle atrophies and pulls 'up' giving the typical lopsided face.

I would expect a vet to check deep into ear and assess eye for ulcers, probably do an EC titre test and give something like meloxivet, panacur, and a suitable abx (after taking a swab of any pus) as well as eye drops.
 
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