**Bonnie**
Mama Doe
Hi all - can anyone help with any advice, i got this from another forum i go on and offered to post it here for her - thanks!:
I don’t know whether it is "kind" to keep on going with treatment for my rabbit.
It all started with a blocked tear duct about 3 months ago, I noticed some horrible discharge coming out of her nose so took her to the vets and got some eye drops for her. This was fine and cleared it up for about 4 weeks. Then I notice her face was looking swollen so I took her back and they said it was an abscess in her tear duct so I had to leave her so they could drain it, then she came home with more drops to put in her eye. About two weeks later it just ballooned the poor thing could hardly see out of her eye the lump was so big. She had to have an op to try to remove the whole abscess; they managed to get most of it and kept her in for 4 days to treat the wound with antibiotics. I took her home and she has been fine for two weeks. But it has come back and she now has two abscesses one closer to her nose and the other in her tear duct. They have managed to drain the puss but have left a "drain" in the wounds which will have to stay for about a week and, when I get her home, I am going to have to move it about each day to keep it from drying out. Then once the swelling has gone down I think they want to operate again to remove the abscesses completely. But it could still come back.
They poor little thing I feel so sorry for her. Is this cruel or should I keep persevering? I don’t want to loose her but it just feels so unfair. She is only 8 months old and her little sister is missing her too.
What do you think I should do for the best?
I don’t know whether it is "kind" to keep on going with treatment for my rabbit.
It all started with a blocked tear duct about 3 months ago, I noticed some horrible discharge coming out of her nose so took her to the vets and got some eye drops for her. This was fine and cleared it up for about 4 weeks. Then I notice her face was looking swollen so I took her back and they said it was an abscess in her tear duct so I had to leave her so they could drain it, then she came home with more drops to put in her eye. About two weeks later it just ballooned the poor thing could hardly see out of her eye the lump was so big. She had to have an op to try to remove the whole abscess; they managed to get most of it and kept her in for 4 days to treat the wound with antibiotics. I took her home and she has been fine for two weeks. But it has come back and she now has two abscesses one closer to her nose and the other in her tear duct. They have managed to drain the puss but have left a "drain" in the wounds which will have to stay for about a week and, when I get her home, I am going to have to move it about each day to keep it from drying out. Then once the swelling has gone down I think they want to operate again to remove the abscesses completely. But it could still come back.
They poor little thing I feel so sorry for her. Is this cruel or should I keep persevering? I don’t want to loose her but it just feels so unfair. She is only 8 months old and her little sister is missing her too.
What do you think I should do for the best?