elcampbell79
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My rabbit Sebastian, nearly 10 with eyelid tumour, bad news! 
The vet has been brilliant, he aspirated the tumour and took cultures which came back and showed he had advanced malignant melanoma which has metastasised unfortunately.
They said they could debulk his eye tumour if it gets too uncomfortable. He said prognosis is he has multiple weeks left. He seems fine at the moment, although increasingly annoyed by his eye. He is on loxicom and doesn’t appear to be in particular pain. I clean up his eye which tends to bleed daily. The vet says there is usually a best period of time to put them to sleep, will I just know when that is?
The tumour started in January and I didn’t take him in until March due to the lockdown and my previous vet never suggested removal on the lump when it was much smaller, I feel a bit bad I could have saved him but it sounds like this cancer is aggressive.
Many Thanks
Ellie
The vet has been brilliant, he aspirated the tumour and took cultures which came back and showed he had advanced malignant melanoma which has metastasised unfortunately.
They said they could debulk his eye tumour if it gets too uncomfortable. He said prognosis is he has multiple weeks left. He seems fine at the moment, although increasingly annoyed by his eye. He is on loxicom and doesn’t appear to be in particular pain. I clean up his eye which tends to bleed daily. The vet says there is usually a best period of time to put them to sleep, will I just know when that is?
The tumour started in January and I didn’t take him in until March due to the lockdown and my previous vet never suggested removal on the lump when it was much smaller, I feel a bit bad I could have saved him but it sounds like this cancer is aggressive.
Many Thanks
Ellie
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I'm glad Sebastian seems to be doing fine right now, though, and doesn't seem to be in pain, although that's understandable that he's annoyed by his eye. I agree with IM that you're the best person to decide whether the good in his life outweighs the bad, and that Sebastian will likely let you know when it's time.
