White film over rabbits eyes

Question
First of all, I just want to thank you for your recent
advice, I really appreciate you getting back to me so soon.
I checked my rabbit this morning and she seemed fine,
pooping regularly, eating with her usual vigor, running
around/acting normal. (I suppose she's gotten better?)

My rabbit has a clear/white film in her eye (just a little
bit). It doesn't seem to be bothering her or her vision. She
had something similar last month but I just ignored it and
helped her pull it out when it migrated to the corner of her
eye.

She has recently shed a lot of fur, could this just be
excess fur that got caught in her eyes?

Or maybe an infection?

Thanks again for your help! :)

Answer
Dear Serena,

If the film is moving around, it's likely just a bit of mucus, perhaps with some fur in it, stuck to her cornea.  If it's *not* moving around, it could be a corneal ulcer, and that would need veterinary treatment for proper healing, and to prevent it from getting worse.

If it's just a bit of guck, you can use sterile ophthalmic saline (available at any good drug store; do NOT use contact lens cleaning solution!  They look very similar in packaging.), warmed for a few seconds in the microwave so it's just lukewarm (test it on the inside of your arm) and squirted gently across her cornea so it washes out.  But if it's not bothering her, she will probably just groom it out herself once it migrates to a corner.

Hope that helps.

Dana