africandreams
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I believe that my 3 month old lionhead has a cataract on her right eye. The way her cage and food bowl is you can always see her from the right side and I had noticed that she always ate with her eyes closed which I thought was a little odd. A few days ago when she was sitting on my chest I noticed that again she had her right eye closed but her left eye was open. I pulled back the eye lid to look at her eye and it does not look normal. The eye is cloudy looking and even around where the eye connects to the socket does not look like the other side. I can not tell if she can see out of this eye or not. I moved my finger in front of her eye and she did not close it or flinch until I touched the lashes around it, but she did the same on the other side as well. I do believe she can see at least out of one eye, she does not bump into things and she will wonder around outside of the cage. She is new to our home, only been with us for about a week. I have called vets in my area and was referred to a specialist who gave a "very vague estimate" of $2300-$3800 to do laser surgery to remove it. I am looking on any information on rabbits living with cataracts.......such as does it hurt at all, do they cope well, eventually lose all sight etc??? I am not sure why she keeps it closed all of the time, from pain or just annoying? I am taking her to the vet next week for an exam to make sure it is a cataract but there is no way we can afford the laser surgery at this time. Any information is greatly appreciated.