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Eye drops?

Opalnyx

Opalnyx

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Hello, I’m new to this forum. I took my rabbit to the vet today after noticing he had weepy eye. The vet did checks on his teeth and said they are perfectly fine, checked his eyes and said that they are clear, however, she believes that he has conjunctivitis and has sent me home with a course of Isathal antibiotic eye drops. I’ve just given my bun his last round of drops today, however, his eye is watering a lot after use. Is this normal? The watering of his eye will not affect the way the drops work at all will it? I’m very anxious and I’ve never gone through this before, so, if anyone is able to give me a peace of mind, that would be great! Thank you x
 
It’s not unusual for some increased ‘watering’ at first when any topical treatment is applied to the eyes. If the eyes become even more inflamed or your Rabbit keeps either eye closed contact the Vet again.

Isathal is usually very effective and you should see improvement within 48 hours. If there is no improvement at all, again get back in touch with the Vet.

If the nasolacrimal ducts are blocked or if there is any corneal ulceration (you haven’t mentioned if the Vet checked for either of these using a Fluorescein dye stain test) then Isathal is unlikely to be curative. Additional diagnostics and treatment would be needed.
 
InspectorMorse said:
It’s not unusual for some increased ‘watering’ at first when any topical treatment is applied to the eyes. If the eyes become even more inflamed or your Rabbit keeps either eye closed contact the Vet again.

Isathal is usually very effective and you should see improvement within 48 hours. If there is no improvement at all, again get back in touch with the Vet.

If the nasolacrimal ducts are blocked or if there is any corneal ulceration (you haven’t mentioned if the Vet checked for either of these using a Fluorescein dye stain test) then Isathal is unlikely to be curative. Additional diagnostics and treatment would be needed.
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Thank you so much! I’ll keep an eye on it - no pun intended! :’] if his eye doesn’t improve after the course of antibiotics, I’ll give the vet a ring and bring him in again x
 
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