Hey Doreena,

I agree 100% with what Deb has said. I think the best thing would be to
take your bunny back to the vets as soon as possible.

I don't want to trample on anyone's toes for suggesting this, but the thing
is, not all vets know a lot about bunnies and rodents, and it's not because
they're not interested, but more because they don't have many rabbit /
rodent patients! If you are at the point where you don't think your current
vet can help you further, have a look at
http://charm.air.on.ca/raytec/AustralianRabbitVets.htm and you may be able
to find a 'rabbit vet' close to you who can be of more assistance.
Alternately, your vet could contact one of the vets on this list for advice
[or you could do this perhaps?] if you are too far from those listed.

Best of luck with your dear bunny boy! Let us all know how you go!

Cheers,
Glenda



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Topics in this digest:

1. sore eye
From: "jasmine32au" <jasmine@...>
2. RE: sore eye
From: "Deborah Barber" <traci3_1@...>


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 04:53:43 -0000
From: "jasmine32au" <jasmine@...>
Subject: sore eye


Hi my name is Doreena. I have a sick rabbit at the moment.
His eye is red and watery and the vet seems to think it is a cyst or
abcess. We have been giving him an injection for last 5 days and
massaging some cream into his eye.His eye has not gotten any worse
but the eye is not looking so pushed out it also appears to have a
bit of blood in it now so maybe it was a abcess. Any ideas as to
what we might be able to try before we go back to the vet. Thank you
hope somebody has some ideas. Doreena





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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:30:34 +1100
From: "Deborah Barber" <traci3_1@...>
Subject: RE: sore eye

Hi Doreena,
Damn dont you hate it when your little ones get sick....i just feel so bad
for them and want miracles to happen to make them better....
Unfortunatley when it comes to eyes....it can be quite dangerous to play vet

as things can go down hill pretty quickly...i would be taking your little
rabbit back to the vet asap....especially if you have had him on injections
for 5 days...its obviously not working if there is blood in the eye....

I dont know what the cream is....probably a steroid....but i wouldnt have
thought massaging the eye would be good for it....but im no Vet.
If you do want to try something.....try bathing the eye with a salt water
solution...like a cup of water with a pinch of salt...ide do that 5 times a
day if possible.....but really....the vet is your best choice....i hope he
gets better real soon....let us know how he goes....i used to breed
rabbits.....so i know how much they can mean to us.....good luck
deb



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