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gungy eye

kate

Warren Scout
I got home for lunch & Jack has a really gungy eye :( .

I've made an appointment for 3pm at the vet. He's fine in himself, eating, pooing fine, he's doing binkys just now but his eye looks awful, all the fur is matted around it & there is white pus :( .

Do you think taking him to the vet on the bus (takes bout 45 mins - 1 hour) would stress him out & make it worse? He's usually ok with it for vaccines. Or should I get a taxi?? Bit reluctant too cause of the cost but don't want to make him worse!! :?
 
He got on ok, he's been given eye drops to take for the next week then the vet will take another look at him. His eye's still looking a bit gunky but he's still fine in himself, he's charging about just now :D .

The eye drops he's been given are Tiacil Ophthalmic Solution, has anyone used this on their rabbit? I just noticed it says on the bottle its not for use in rabbits :?.
 
Thanks for that link :D.

I just looked at the label again & it says "not for use in rabbits intended for human consumption" :oops: ... there's a label over the second part so I misread it!

I don't plan to eat Jack :shock: so it should be fine to use!!! 8)
 
kate said:
Thanks for that link :D.

I just looked at the label again & it says "not for use in rabbits intended for human consumption" :oops: ... there's a label over the second part so I misread it!

I don't plan to eat Jack :shock: so it should be fine to use!!! 8)

Phew! Lucky Jack! :shock: :lol:

Just wondered what you use as bedding for Jack, as Clover got a gungy eye when I was using shavings - I think they made her eye itch, so she rubbed it up really badly. When I switched to megazorb she was fine. :)
 
Hi, he just has newspaper and hay for bedding as he's indoors.

It seems to have improved a bit already, there's no obvious white gunk today, hopefully after a week of the eyedrops he should be much better :D.
 
:wave: i have a bunny currently on these!...along with every other day injections of depocillin..white gunk has stopped now just watering :roll:
 
Yes my rabbit has just finished a course as he has a ruptured tear duct and it got a little infected. Seemed to clear the infection up. Wish it could have solved his tear duct problem but looks like he may have to have operation to remove it. Bless his heart.
 
Vincent had a very poorly eye when he first came to me and my vet prescribed tiacil, one drop in the affected eye twice a day. It improved within a few days - sending get well soon vibes to Jack!
 
Smudge had a course of Tiacil not long ago. She had somehow managed to get a piece of hay in her eye and it went all red and gungy :(
When we took her to the vet he also gave her a painkiller injection to make her more comfortable.
It cleared up really quickly. No problems since. I think she figured out she needed to close her eyes before burying(?sp) her head in the hay, silly bun! :)

Nicola
 
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