eye problems

Question
Hello, I have rescued a male bunny that has one eye that is one solid color. The whole eye is a solid color and the bunny appears to be blind in that eye. it is just the one eye. I figured that i might just have been a birth defect. I have had the bunny for roughly 3 weeks and this condition has been present since i rescued him. Today however, he is keeping that one eye closed. He opens it slightly but not much. His behavior seems perfectly normal. There is no kind of discharge from the eye. Please advise.
thank you, Luke

Answer
Dear Luke,

You say the eye is "one color," but you don't say what color.  If it's white/gray/pale, then this sounds like an injury or an intraocular problem (possibly an abscess?) that should be seen by an experienced rabbit vet.  If the eye is weepy and he's squinting it, then it hurts, and the bunny should not only be treated for whatever the problem is (it could be anything from a corneal injury/ulcer to glaucoma, and I can't make a guess without seeing it), but also get good pain medication.

Please find a good rabbit vet here:

www.rabbit.org/vets

and if that vet can't solve the problem, ask for referral to a good veterinary ophthalmologist who can help.

I hope your bunny will be fine soon, but he definitely needs to see a vet about his eye.

Take care,
Dana