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Help! Conjunctivitis!

Emilysbunnies

Emilysbunnies

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My rabbit Dougal has conjuncitivitis. He has been the vet and his eye has been clean hes on a course of antibitotics, anti inflams and eyedrops. His eye has been completely cleaned but there is still some **** coming out. Does anyone know the best way to clean it or if i should not clean it and leave it alone? I was so focused on how Dougal was in the vets and what medication he was getting i forgot to ask the vet how she cleaned it!

Thank you in advance
 
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Emilysbunnies said:
My rabbit Dougal has conjuncitivitis. He has been the vet and his eye has been clean hes on a course of antibitotics, anti inflams and eyedrops. His eye has been completely cleaned but there is still some **** coming out. Does anyone know the best way to clean it or if i should not clean it and leave it alone? I was so focused on how Dougal was in the vets and what medication he was getting i forgot to ask the vet how she cleaned it!

Thank you in advance
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Just gently bathe it with cooled boiled water or sterile saline. Use a different swab for each eye to minimise cross contamination of infection and wash your hands with soap and water after you have finished :)
 
If around the eye lip it is really crusty and the eye closing I found gently wetting an eye pad and holding it gently over the eye - if the water is just Luke warm it will eventually soften the crusts - it takes a white but be gentle as it's easy to damage their delicate eye surface - as Jane mentions use one pad per eye to ensure no cross infection.

I would gently use a dry eye pad to wipe the fur and around the eye dry once done.

Hope his helps.
 
Emilysbunnies said:
My rabbit Dougal has conjuncitivitis. He has been the vet and his eye has been clean hes on a course of antibitotics, anti inflams and eyedrops. His eye has been completely cleaned but there is still some **** coming out. Does anyone know the best way to clean it or if i should not clean it and leave it alone? I was so focused on how Dougal was in the vets and what medication he was getting i forgot to ask the vet how she cleaned it!

Thank you in advance
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You could ring the vet (nurse) to get some advice, but in the meantime I would just bathe gently with cooled boiled water. You can add a few grains of salt dissolved in there too, it works as an antiseptic.

Does your rabbit have a friend? They are usually the best at cleaning up their partner's eye :)
 
Hi thanks for all your advice! I have been using cooled boiled water on his eye with pads everytime ive used the eyedrops and its kept it clean!
Nope hes on his own hes lovely with humans but hasnt bonded well with my other rabbit so they are kept seperate and to be fair i would of seperated them because ive heard the conjunctivitis can be transfered to other rabbits?
 
Emilysbunnies said:
Hi thanks for all your advice! I have been using cooled boiled water on his eye with pads everytime ive used the eyedrops and its kept it clean!
Nope hes on his own hes lovely with humans but hasnt bonded well with my other rabbit so they are kept seperate and to be fair i would of seperated them because ive heard the conjunctivitis can be transfered to other rabbits?
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It can be contagious, but I've never found it to be that easy to transfer from one patient to another.
 
One of the best natural cures for conjunctivitis is barely warm neat tea. It works wonders on animals and humans, so you could try bathing and cleaning his eyes with that as extra help to clear it up.

Jo
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Toast&Marmalade said:
One of the best natural cures for conjunctivitis is barely warm neat tea. It works wonders on animals and humans, so you could try bathing and cleaning his eyes with that as extra help to clear it up.

Jo
x
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In addition to medication, John Chitty recommends cold tea.
 
Thanks for the advice guys. Dougal has been on all sorts of medications and we went today for a check up thinking everything was great and that he could go off the medication that he hates soo much but it turns out he needs a operation on his eyelid its inturned :(
 
Emilysbunnies said:
Thanks for the advice guys. Dougal has been on all sorts of medications and we went today for a check up thinking everything was great and that he could go off the medication that he hates soo much but it turns out he needs a operation on his eyelid its inturned :(
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I'm sorry to hear this :cry:

Vibes for Dougal's op - when are they going to do it?
 
Apperently my vets has never ever done it before! Im waiting for a call back off them to tell me whether they can do it at all and how much its gonna be. If not they are going to refer dougal. Ive also phoned another small vet specialist who also said they are going to phone me back. So as for now i have no idea! His eye looks so much better and hes himself but i was told as soon as i stop the antibiotics its just going to come back! :(
 
Emilysbunnies said:
Apperently my vets has never ever done it before! Im waiting for a call back off them to tell me whether they can do it at all and how much its gonna be. If not they are going to refer dougal. Ive also phoned another small vet specialist who also said they are going to phone me back. So as for now i have no idea! His eye looks so much better and hes himself but i was told as soon as i stop the antibiotics its just going to come back! :(
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I posted this on your other thread :)

Jack's-Jane said:
It sounds as though your Rabbit has entropion

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...oAQgjMAE#v=onepage&q=rabbit entropion&f=false
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Emilysbunnies said:
Apperently my vets has never ever done it before! Im waiting for a call back off them to tell me whether they can do it at all and how much its gonna be. If not they are going to refer dougal. Ive also phoned another small vet specialist who also said they are going to phone me back. So as for now i have no idea! His eye looks so much better and hes himself but i was told as soon as i stop the antibiotics its just going to come back! :(
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Will you be keeping him on the antibiotics until the op then maybe?

Sorry this is causing such a worry .. little tinkers they are x
 
My lily had it when I first got her. Comamile and honey tea was used to bathe the eye. Cleared it right up. Vet said I could also use golden eye for humans but I never tried that.
 
Loulou8425 said:
My lily had it when I first got her. Comamile and honey tea was used to bathe the eye. Cleared it right up. Vet said I could also use golden eye for humans but I never tried that.
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Ive been using tea on Dougal too but apperently its just going to keep coming back but atleast it keeps it clean :)
 
So finally Dougal has a pre op on wednesday. However his sore eye os looking as okay as it can do but his other non infected eye is now watering. There is no puss or any sign of infection in his eye but it looks like hes crig in one eye his fur around the eye is all wet. Does anyone know what this means? Is it a early stage of conjunctivitis or something?

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Emilysbunnies said:
So finally Dougal has a pre op on wednesday. However his sore eye os looking as okay as it can do but his other non infected eye is now watering. There is no puss or any sign of infection in his eye but it looks like hes crig in one eye his fur around the eye is all wet. Does anyone know what this means? Is it a early stage of conjunctivitis or something?

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It may be conjuntivitis, it may be related to a Dental problem or it may be that he has/had something like a bit of hay in his eye. Without an examination it's impossible to say exactly what the cause is. Could you get his pre op check bought forward to tomorrow ? It's just that any eye related issue needs to be checked out promptly to rule out any corneal abrasions. A corneal abrasion can quickly become a bigger problem if not treated promptly. The Vet would need to put some fluorescein dye in the eye to check for corneal abrasions. It is not always possible to see them without doing that.
 
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