My rabbit's right eye isn't opening all the way, and there's some brown liquid coming out from it. my mom thinks it's a bug bite, but im not sure. it seems to hurt. the rabbit, peter, stays outside most of the time so it could be some kind of bite. and again, the eye has some kind of brown liquid coming out and it's eye doesnt seem to want to open all the way. please help, and only serious answers please.
2006-10-02 12:26:14 · 10 answers · asked by stephanie 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
as soon as i found out that his eye was injured, i took him inside. -for those who said to take him inside
2006-10-03 11:06:56 · update #1
Hard to say what'd the problem without bringing your bunny to a vet. Can you bring your bunny inside? that is much healthieri for the bunny and you get the joy of knowing your bunny.
Here is a link to information about eye diseases in bunnies:
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Eye_diseases/Eye_diseases_main.htm
The first thing to do is get your rabbit to vet who knows how to treat rabbits. Here is link that can help you find a vet:
http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/rabvets.html
2006-10-02 13:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by Martha G 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes small baby rabbits will get a white-brownish mucasy substance that forms over the eye. To keep the eye open, you have to pull the eye open on a daily basis and put a drop or two of Visine in the eye. The active ingredient that helps cure it is about a 2% solution of Boric Acid. If you look on Visine you'll see that.
If the rabbit isn't a baby (about a month old or less), then it is probably something else and you need to take your rabbit to the vet.
Have been raising rabbits for 24 years and learned some about rabbit medicine from Doctor Terry E. Reed, who was the premier expert veterinarian in rabbit medicine when he was alive.
2006-10-03 06:47:30 · answer #2 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits eye color can change while they grow. I had a dwarf mix a while ago that had very dark red eyes because somewhere in his lineage he had an albino mixed in there. You can always get a vet or a reputable pet store to take a look at him to make sure it is nothing serious but from the sounds of it I wouldn't worry too much.
2016-03-27 02:38:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it an abscess? Is he exposed to other animals, or if it is a bug bite did he scratch it so much it got infected? Try hot compresses and you may need to get an antibiotic. If Peter stays outside make sure you have some kind of fly repellant in his cage. I lost 2 rabbits to larvae.
2006-10-02 12:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by twoshotjudy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to take it to the vet. There is nothing you alone can do. You also need to bring the rabbit inside. This is the kind of thing or worse that can happen to an outside rabbit. http://www.rabbit.org
2006-10-03 00:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by sugarcarat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got lists of reputed rabbit veterinarians that I've collected here -
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/links.html#bunnyvets
Check out all these links - just click on your country/state -
http://www.3bunnies.org/vets.htm
http://www.3bunnies.org/vets.htm#pets911_findvet
http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/PB_vets.html
http://members.shaw.ca/cocoasun/RabbitVetsMain.htm
http://www.rabbit.org/care/vets.html
http://members.shaw.ca/cocoasun/AustralianRabbitVets.htm
and I suggest telephoning them and asking them lots of questions - http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/vet.html
Very, very best of luck.
2006-10-03 03:39:21 · answer #6 · answered by Lea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-07-31 05:28:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not too sure what is wrong with him, but I would keep him inside you're house, good luck
2006-10-10 12:07:40 · answer #8 · answered by Flowers 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the rabbit to the VET!
2006-10-02 12:35:21 · answer #9 · answered by Ghass 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
and if all he said doesn't work then there is always stew
2006-10-02 12:34:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋