Eye Something
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It looks like conjunctivitis which is an inflammation of the conjunctiva - the thin mucus membrane inside the eye..... aka pink eye.
I made black tea and placed a soaked cotton ball on Twix's eye 2x daily for 7-10 days.
Some people use Terramycin - an antibiotic creme.
Plus one for conjunctivitis and terramycin ointment.
AShelBunny
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I don't feel like it looked like conjunctivitis. It looked like a worm almost. Lol
If you are talking about the white mark in the center of the eye, it could be foreign matter sitting on the surface of the eye, like a hair, or goop that will be blinked away.
If it doesn't move when the rabbit blinks, it can be a scratch on the eye. Most of the time those are incredibly hard to photograph without fancy lights and equipment, so I am guessing it is something they rabbit got in its eye, like a hair, and coated it with eye goop, which happens naturally to protect the eye from sharp things.
If it doesn't move when the rabbit blinks, it can be a scratch on the eye. Most of the time those are incredibly hard to photograph without fancy lights and equipment, so I am guessing it is something they rabbit got in its eye, like a hair, and coated it with eye goop, which happens naturally to protect the eye from sharp things.
We had a case where our rabbit's eye (and occasionally eyes) would weep and get red around the edges. We started with Terramycin, and that would work for a week or two. Then it would start up again. We brought the problem to the forum, and someone here suggested he may be allergic to the hay we were using. So, we pulled all the hay out and went pellets only. That fixed the problem. Then we added hay, but not in the feeder over his food, but on the floor and in small amounts. He's doing well that way, and we have had no problems in 5 months. I figure the problem isn't as much hay allergy as it is him shoving his face into it as he was trying to eat his pellets. (We have one of those dual hay/pellet feeders.) Now that he doesn't have to stick his face into his hay, he seems much happier and healthier, and no resulting eye problems. This is the only rabbit (of 28) we've had to do this with. (so maybe it is an allergy issue - but we have it solved by just locating his hay away from his food.)
