Sneezing and moist left eye

Angie B said:

Thank you, MM. I hope it's one-off though else Thumper will be beside herself if she has to have it done regularly!

Claire said if it doesn't work then she will do x-rays to check the roots, but if there's nothing there she'll do x-rays on her face to check her nasal passages next. She doesn't think it's a tooth though at the moment, so fingers crossed she's right

Poor bunny though. She was in a right state this morning, a "do what you want with me, I don't care", which is so unlike her as she's normally pinging about all over the garden. But she's much brighter now, so hopefully gained some relief from the partial flush

Claire doesn't know why Thumper's sneezing though, but said that as long as it's a dry sneeze she's not overly concerned at the moment, so at least that's something. But I suppose, thinking about it as I type, get something in your eye and you sneeze don't you? Same thing for a bunny I guess, especially as her tear duct's blocked, perhaps her body is trying to clear it herself by sneezing - the vet expected to see the flush from her eye come down her nose, so logically thinking, sneezing is the body's way of trying to clear the blockage itself maybe? Once the infection/blockage has gone, maybe the sneezing will also stop? Do you see what I mean? So when she started sneezing a couple of weeks ago, that's when the infection was setting in. Damn, I didn't know, but then I suppose how could I, how could anyone. I wonder if it was caused by the dust from the hot weather we had. Just thinking out loud, as it were.

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MightyMax said:

Yes I agree that sneezing is the body's way of getting rid of stuff it doesn't want in there. Equally, sneezing (or with humans blowing their nose) tends to move stuff to the corner of the eye where it can be got rid of.

But you don't know that the sneezing was when the infection was setting in. I've known rabbits sneeze till kingdom come and never have an infection. There's been an awful lot of sneezy rabbits this summer season, so you mustn't beat yourself up about that.

I hope it's a one off as well You've got a good vet!

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Angie B said:

Thank you, Den.

Thumper had her eye flushed out again yesterday and it was a success! It came down her nose, along with some pus which confirmed the infection of course, but now the duct is clear - hopefully for good but only time will tell.

I have to continue with the eyedrops for a further week and then stop. If she continues to show pain (she was in pain yesterday morning but an hour after I gave her metacam she was fine) then I'm to take her back, or of course if her eye moistens up again to take her back also, for sedation and x-rays. However, Claire is still very wary as to whether it's teeth related - I hope she's right!

So fingers and paws crossed the eyedrops will clear whatever's left of the infection over the next week and then that'll be it .

Thank you for your help and kind words over this new issue of Thumper's, it's all been appreciated, as always x

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