Today evening my 1 yr old rabbit whos going through some diarrhea since 3 days was doing normal until he panicked and ran very frantically upon seeing my sister who was coming to put him back in a cage. He usually becomes very cautious whenever he senses that we're gonna put him in a cage and runs the whole house to avoid getting caught. But this time it was like never before! He ran very fast that he probably hit his body parts to the objects in his way. He may or may not have hit his head or eye to the opened cage door. After this he ran even more terrified like never before. He wasnt even coming to eat his fav sweet treats like banana and apple and was hiding in a cramped space.
After that we picked him up and placed him on the bed and saw he is closing his right eye most of the time like he is squinting and just barely opening fully sometimes. His body also felt stiff and he looked weak and was panicking a bit upon loud sounds like vehicles and crunching polythene bags which he usually doesn't care about. He also yawned 2 times while sitting and that scared us a lot because we've seen baby rabbits letting their last breath out before dying in a similar fashion. Then we thought it was because of the diarrhea problem and gave him the tonic that the vet prescribed for the first time: 0.5 ml of Bactrim syrup (Sulphamethoxazole 200 MG+Trimethoprim 40 MG). After 10 or so minutes he became normal and was being his usual self by coming after his favorite treats and was also eating grass except that he seemed a bit weak and dull and we observed that his RIGHT EYE and EYELID are a bit SWOLLEN.
Now, 5 hours after the incident, his right eye seems a bit more swollen (Not that big compared to his left eye but theres some clear difference), And also a bit reddish eye lips (The eye lid lining). He's rarely opening his eye now but seems normal except for that. Im thinking of observing him more in case theres more swelling or the eye part getting reddened, etc. then go for the vet tomorrow.
What do you guys think? How severe is this situation? Is it the diarrhea that caused him to act that way? Will his eye recover on its own if the problem doesnt worsen than it is right now tomorrow? Or should I go to the vet tomorrow morning? Right now its night and no vet is open.
Note: About his diarrhea, most of his feces look normal and beady but very few times excretes watery brown poop like in the pic I attached in my previous post from 2 days ago. Doc said she spotted some Giardia in his stool test.
After that we picked him up and placed him on the bed and saw he is closing his right eye most of the time like he is squinting and just barely opening fully sometimes. His body also felt stiff and he looked weak and was panicking a bit upon loud sounds like vehicles and crunching polythene bags which he usually doesn't care about. He also yawned 2 times while sitting and that scared us a lot because we've seen baby rabbits letting their last breath out before dying in a similar fashion. Then we thought it was because of the diarrhea problem and gave him the tonic that the vet prescribed for the first time: 0.5 ml of Bactrim syrup (Sulphamethoxazole 200 MG+Trimethoprim 40 MG). After 10 or so minutes he became normal and was being his usual self by coming after his favorite treats and was also eating grass except that he seemed a bit weak and dull and we observed that his RIGHT EYE and EYELID are a bit SWOLLEN.
Now, 5 hours after the incident, his right eye seems a bit more swollen (Not that big compared to his left eye but theres some clear difference), And also a bit reddish eye lips (The eye lid lining). He's rarely opening his eye now but seems normal except for that. Im thinking of observing him more in case theres more swelling or the eye part getting reddened, etc. then go for the vet tomorrow.
What do you guys think? How severe is this situation? Is it the diarrhea that caused him to act that way? Will his eye recover on its own if the problem doesnt worsen than it is right now tomorrow? Or should I go to the vet tomorrow morning? Right now its night and no vet is open.
Note: About his diarrhea, most of his feces look normal and beady but very few times excretes watery brown poop like in the pic I attached in my previous post from 2 days ago. Doc said she spotted some Giardia in his stool test.