Hello Everyone,
Firstly let me say, what an excellent site and I am so glad to find you here.
My reason for seeking you out and registering to ask those who are far more skilled than ourselves about our little bunny problem. I bought my wife 2 bunnies from Pets At Home a couple of weeks back and all has been well with them settling in. The one thing we noticed was one of them had a wee sore eye which has got worse over the last two days, puss coming from the eye duct and it looking a little inflamed.
We went up to Pets at home today and spoke with the staff to see what we can do, he went and spoke with the vets inside the store and told us to take her to them and they would cover any bill that was in place due to being sold her with the problem. So we are not long back and they have said its the tear duct, she got some gunk out and said it needs flushed before starting a course of anti-biotic. So she is booked in tomorrow morning for this and in the mean time she gave us eye drops and gave wee bunny two injections.
The thing that is bothering me is she said in worse case scenarios, they may need flushed throughout her life. I really really do not want to put the poor wee thing through this, I am actually not that keen on her getting this done from the kick off but reluctantly for my wife I understand. Do you have any further advice on what I can do after she has this done to make sure she lives a comfortable non-invasive life without such actions?
I am really hoping this helps her and can not bare the thought of her going through any pain etc.....Its typical that out the two she is the one I have grown really attached too
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated...we are novices and have no experience in keeping rabbits at all. They are indoor pets too!!
Thank you in advance everyone!
Firstly let me say, what an excellent site and I am so glad to find you here.
My reason for seeking you out and registering to ask those who are far more skilled than ourselves about our little bunny problem. I bought my wife 2 bunnies from Pets At Home a couple of weeks back and all has been well with them settling in. The one thing we noticed was one of them had a wee sore eye which has got worse over the last two days, puss coming from the eye duct and it looking a little inflamed.
We went up to Pets at home today and spoke with the staff to see what we can do, he went and spoke with the vets inside the store and told us to take her to them and they would cover any bill that was in place due to being sold her with the problem. So we are not long back and they have said its the tear duct, she got some gunk out and said it needs flushed before starting a course of anti-biotic. So she is booked in tomorrow morning for this and in the mean time she gave us eye drops and gave wee bunny two injections.
The thing that is bothering me is she said in worse case scenarios, they may need flushed throughout her life. I really really do not want to put the poor wee thing through this, I am actually not that keen on her getting this done from the kick off but reluctantly for my wife I understand. Do you have any further advice on what I can do after she has this done to make sure she lives a comfortable non-invasive life without such actions?
I am really hoping this helps her and can not bare the thought of her going through any pain etc.....Its typical that out the two she is the one I have grown really attached too
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated...we are novices and have no experience in keeping rabbits at all. They are indoor pets too!!
Thank you in advance everyone!