martlou
Warren Veteran
Hello everyone. Rosie has had a slightly runny left eye for about 3 weeks. For the first couple of weeks the fur under her eye would be a little bit wet, then dry again, then wet again. She was otherwise very well, normal appetite and behaviour so we weren't overly concerned. Last Sunday however it hadn't dried for a day or so, so we took her to the vet. Vet gave Isathal cream (used to be called Fucithalmic) and Loxicom and said she wanted to see her again in a week. By Wednesday it was looking worse so we took her back again. Vet (different one) checked her teeth and said one looked a tiny bit longer than the others with the very start of some tiny spurs (which she has had before but corrected herself) and said to take her back tomorrow morning (ie Monday). She also gave Baytril twice a day in case it was an infection/irritation that wasn't responding to the cream.
During all this, Rosie has had a very normal appetite (she's always been an excellent hay eater) and is fine in herself though a little more unstable on her feet when she's cleaning herself or eating her caecotrophs - she is nearly 10 though, so I guess this wouldn't be entirely unexpected. She's also lost some weight (1.53kg this time last year, now 1.27kg), vet did not seem concerned about this, as other than her runny eye, she is very well in herself.
She did say she didn't think the tear duct was blocked as the wet on her face is tears rather than a discharge, however this is a vet we haven't seen before (the small animal one we normally see has retired) and when I asked she said she sees a lot of rabbits but has no special interest, so we don't know how savvy she is.
Rosie's face has dried in the meantime, was a little bit wet again yesterday but today is dry again. Martyn is bathing her face fur with some warm water to try and clean the fur as the tears have made it a bit crusty. Not sure how well this is working though!
How long would we expect it to take the cream/antibiotics to work if they are going to? If they don't, could it still be something other than a problem with her teeth? As I said she's nearly 10 (and in fact could already be as she was found as a stray and estimated as 2), but we're obviously concerned about anaesthetic at her age, though she is otherwise well.
Any insight or suggestions very gratefully received, thank you.
During all this, Rosie has had a very normal appetite (she's always been an excellent hay eater) and is fine in herself though a little more unstable on her feet when she's cleaning herself or eating her caecotrophs - she is nearly 10 though, so I guess this wouldn't be entirely unexpected. She's also lost some weight (1.53kg this time last year, now 1.27kg), vet did not seem concerned about this, as other than her runny eye, she is very well in herself.
She did say she didn't think the tear duct was blocked as the wet on her face is tears rather than a discharge, however this is a vet we haven't seen before (the small animal one we normally see has retired) and when I asked she said she sees a lot of rabbits but has no special interest, so we don't know how savvy she is.
Rosie's face has dried in the meantime, was a little bit wet again yesterday but today is dry again. Martyn is bathing her face fur with some warm water to try and clean the fur as the tears have made it a bit crusty. Not sure how well this is working though!
How long would we expect it to take the cream/antibiotics to work if they are going to? If they don't, could it still be something other than a problem with her teeth? As I said she's nearly 10 (and in fact could already be as she was found as a stray and estimated as 2), but we're obviously concerned about anaesthetic at her age, though she is otherwise well.
Any insight or suggestions very gratefully received, thank you.
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