Hi everyone,
I need a little advice on what to do for my poor bunny
Titch is a 5 year old dwarf lop who last November developed a runny right eye. 98% of the time its clear discharge sometimes he has blobs of white discharge. I took him to the vet who prescribed him some Isathal, when it didn't clear up he was prescribed a second tube. When the weeping eye continued, at the beginning of January he was booked in for a tear duct flush and the vet noted the tear duct was actually looking quite small.
He had 2-3 weeks peace after the flush then his eye started to run again It wept solidly for a week, stopped weeping for an entire week and then since then has continually wept on and off every day. The past few days he's had some white discharge again so I've been bathing the eye to help make sure he doesn't get a horrible infection. Tonight he shot out from under my bed and looked up at me and I was horrified to see the white discharge pooling in the corner of his eye again. So I grabbed him quick sharp and cleaned him but to my dismay found by pushing on the duct the white discharge was pouring out. I feel at the end of my tether that I can't seem to fix this for him. The vet mentioned the next step would be an x-ray of his head except I'm really nervous about him being under sedation again. I don't think I would want another flush either as the tear duct is distorted now from having a cannula put down it. I've also read repeated flushes can cause complications (duct explosions, scar tissue etc)
I have spoken to someone with over 30 years experience with rabbits and rabbit medicine who suggested the best thing would be to just clean it when it needs cleaning and obtain Isathal when needed. She warned me it could be life long. She also was nervous about putting him under for an x-ray as in her words 'it seems too much for a intermittent weepy eye'.
I would love to know whats going on because its driving me crazy but I don't want to risk his life for me to get answers, I can't justify peace of mind for his life.
I know there's enough people on here who have had similar issues or may have the experience/knowledge to help guide me towards doing something. I don't feel right now that I can help him and that obviously makes me very sad.
To X-ray or not to x-ray?
I'm prepared for this being life long I just don't want there to be a point in the future when I find out I could've done more for him now to prevent this from being a massive problem that endangers his health.
Thank you
I need a little advice on what to do for my poor bunny
Titch is a 5 year old dwarf lop who last November developed a runny right eye. 98% of the time its clear discharge sometimes he has blobs of white discharge. I took him to the vet who prescribed him some Isathal, when it didn't clear up he was prescribed a second tube. When the weeping eye continued, at the beginning of January he was booked in for a tear duct flush and the vet noted the tear duct was actually looking quite small.
He had 2-3 weeks peace after the flush then his eye started to run again It wept solidly for a week, stopped weeping for an entire week and then since then has continually wept on and off every day. The past few days he's had some white discharge again so I've been bathing the eye to help make sure he doesn't get a horrible infection. Tonight he shot out from under my bed and looked up at me and I was horrified to see the white discharge pooling in the corner of his eye again. So I grabbed him quick sharp and cleaned him but to my dismay found by pushing on the duct the white discharge was pouring out. I feel at the end of my tether that I can't seem to fix this for him. The vet mentioned the next step would be an x-ray of his head except I'm really nervous about him being under sedation again. I don't think I would want another flush either as the tear duct is distorted now from having a cannula put down it. I've also read repeated flushes can cause complications (duct explosions, scar tissue etc)
I have spoken to someone with over 30 years experience with rabbits and rabbit medicine who suggested the best thing would be to just clean it when it needs cleaning and obtain Isathal when needed. She warned me it could be life long. She also was nervous about putting him under for an x-ray as in her words 'it seems too much for a intermittent weepy eye'.
I would love to know whats going on because its driving me crazy but I don't want to risk his life for me to get answers, I can't justify peace of mind for his life.
I know there's enough people on here who have had similar issues or may have the experience/knowledge to help guide me towards doing something. I don't feel right now that I can help him and that obviously makes me very sad.
To X-ray or not to x-ray?
I'm prepared for this being life long I just don't want there to be a point in the future when I find out I could've done more for him now to prevent this from being a massive problem that endangers his health.
Thank you