Runny eye

[Gemzie]

Please help when we got bunny he was covered in wee so we bathed him but my mum stupidly bathed the face as was covered In wee and it would t come off so she used a little baby shampoo!
Since then eye was gunky but then dried up and got hard! I bathed it and put stoa in it but now the fires wet again? It's not sticky but this is arhhhhhh annoying! He is fine in himself full of beans!


Pongo!

 

[ivy]

Aw cute bunny maybe you should take him the vet to get checked out he may have an infection

 

[Gemzie]

Vets in uk do really little to no rabbit training
I've spoke to breeders who know more and it's not a vet trip but I need advice how to get it clean


Pongo!

 

[majorv]

We had a rabbit with a gunky eye and the hair around his eye stayed matted. We put a little Terramycin ointment on it and it cleared up. You can usually find it at a feed/livestock store. It's worth a shot. You have to be careful what you use around the eye.

 

[JBun]

Actually, you have some of the best rabbit specialists there are, in the UK(eg. Francis Harcourt Brown, Molly Varga, John Chitty, to name a few). The sticky discharge could be due to irritation or an infection. You can try keeping the eye washed out with a plain saline eye solution, but if that doesn't clear it up after a few days, there is likely infection involved, and that will require an ophthalmic antibiotic eye drop or ointment. Another possibility is a blocked tear duct, and that would require flushing out by a vet.
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/weepy.pdf

If you would like a recommendation for a good rabbit vet near you, I or someone else may know of one, if you want to list your general location.

 

[Gemzie]

As I said it was my fault from the bath and thank u guys sooo much fir your concern for my cute bunny but his eye now seems so so much better I can't tell u how happy I am! Will check again tomoz! It was actually my vet that told me vets know nothing on bunnies and I know more than them lol


Pongo!