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Eye removal question/ includes piccys/ UD post 40
- Thread starter Hugo's There
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louise and Gus
Wise Old Thumper
Aww poor little man, hope the abx kick in quickly.
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Septrin:wave:
louise and Gus
Wise Old Thumper
Yummy!
abbymarysmokey
Wise Old Thumper
Has he had a C&S done? A wound like that would be a perfect candidate for a sample to be taken.
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
No. TBH There wasn't much pus in it at all today I didn't even need to bathe it 
ShazzaBunny
Warren Veteran
Aww bless him, hope he is feeling much better soon and able to get it stitched up again.
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
I have emailed the rescue i got Frank from now that he has seen a vet and they were so concerned that they rang me up
At least I have some more info now. His eye was stitched together when he arrived at there rescue and it only came apart on Thursday. It was removed originally due to an abscess. This really concerns me as if it was removed that long ago and it has come a part and infected at this late stage with no signs of healing inside its not good news
I was hoping it was due to injury as he has some old scars on his ears but apparently this is due to a fox attack, so poor Frank has had a really traumatic time of it
Anyway the rescue was really apologetic and said they didn;t realise how bad his eye was It would never have stopped us taking him even if we had of known. I just hope we can get the infection under control and get him well again.
At least I have some more info now. His eye was stitched together when he arrived at there rescue and it only came apart on Thursday. It was removed originally due to an abscess. This really concerns me as if it was removed that long ago and it has come a part and infected at this late stage with no signs of healing inside its not good news
I was hoping it was due to injury as he has some old scars on his ears but apparently this is due to a fox attack, so poor Frank has had a really traumatic time of it
Anyway the rescue was really apologetic and said they didn;t realise how bad his eye was
It would never have stopped us taking him even if we had of known. I just hope we can get the infection under control and get him well again.
Hi
I've just seen this post and am at work and can't read all the replies.... but... I am proud Mummy of Banjo who was born with a poorly eye and had to have it removed. He is absolutely fine and just looks a little odd because although there is nothing to see (eyelids stitched together and healed up), he doesn't have the cartilege where his eyebrow used to be, so his face is a bit flatter on one side.
He's a French Lop btw, and I took him because he really needed a home with an experienced owner. He's a total joy to have around, and I think it was quite a relief to him to lose the eye - he couldn't see out of it anyway.
I'm sure that your bun will be fine - the pus will need to be drained of course, but you may be surprised by how fast he improves.
Dx
I've just seen this post and am at work and can't read all the replies.... but... I am proud Mummy of Banjo who was born with a poorly eye and had to have it removed. He is absolutely fine and just looks a little odd because although there is nothing to see (eyelids stitched together and healed up), he doesn't have the cartilege where his eyebrow used to be, so his face is a bit flatter on one side.
He's a French Lop btw, and I took him because he really needed a home with an experienced owner. He's a total joy to have around, and I think it was quite a relief to him to lose the eye - he couldn't see out of it anyway.
I'm sure that your bun will be fine - the pus will need to be drained of course, but you may be surprised by how fast he improves.
Dx
VikkiVet
Mama Doe
Hey Liz
only just seen this, so not sure how much use by input would be, but from our surgery lectures at uni (so this is theory, not practice as not seen one yet) when they do eye removal surgery they either
(a) stitch is closed but insert a drain - you're probably seen one, like a piece of tubing, that allows the pus or any other fluid collection, to escape from the wound. This is because the socket essentially becomes 'dead space' and even with incredibly aseptic surgery its easy for them to become infected and fill with pus as the immune cells can't penetrate to do anything about it.
(b) leave it open or partially open - this is for the same reason, but it allows the socket to drain naturally, and the tissues heal by 'second intention' i.e. granulation tissue naturally forms over the socket tissue, then epithelium. the wound naturally contracts down and the eyelids heal together, which is more likely to be lumpy but is naturally resistant to infection.
So, if it was left open or partly open they may have gone for the second option, but this does normally require very intensive nursing, for obvious reasons, so would normally be kept in hospital.
It doesnt surprise me that so many eye removals have ended in infection as its really hard to prevent anyway, especially as it sounds like most didnt have drains fitted? :?
only just seen this, so not sure how much use by input would be, but from our surgery lectures at uni (so this is theory, not practice as not seen one yet) when they do eye removal surgery they either
(a) stitch is closed but insert a drain - you're probably seen one, like a piece of tubing, that allows the pus or any other fluid collection, to escape from the wound. This is because the socket essentially becomes 'dead space' and even with incredibly aseptic surgery its easy for them to become infected and fill with pus as the immune cells can't penetrate to do anything about it.
(b) leave it open or partially open - this is for the same reason, but it allows the socket to drain naturally, and the tissues heal by 'second intention' i.e. granulation tissue naturally forms over the socket tissue, then epithelium. the wound naturally contracts down and the eyelids heal together, which is more likely to be lumpy but is naturally resistant to infection.
So, if it was left open or partly open they may have gone for the second option, but this does normally require very intensive nursing, for obvious reasons, so would normally be kept in hospital.
It doesnt surprise me that so many eye removals have ended in infection as its really hard to prevent anyway, especially as it sounds like most didnt have drains fitted? :?
abbymarysmokey
Wise Old Thumper
AFAIK rabbits don't have drains fitted because their pus doesn't drain away, it just sits in the wound like cottage cheese
VikkiVet
Mama Doe
I've seen rabbits with drains, the aim is to prevent the pus from sitting in the wound. If it doesnt drain regularly they should have either an active drain fitted or daily wound flushing. It should never just be left in there. if its turned to cottage cheese its been left too long.
abbymarysmokey
Wise Old Thumper
Is the drain left in to keep the wound open for flushing? Or is it to encourage it to dry out with contact with the air? It's something I've never seen (or really thought about) before, so would be very interesting to know a bit more :wave:
