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My rabbit has an eye problem for about 3-4 months!!

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Question
Hi my rabbit has an eye problem i believe a serious one. Sorry for my english i am from Greece. My rabbits eye has a white thing (white liquid ) every day for about 2-3 months we clean his eye from that thing.Our vet doesn't know a lot about rabbits so he gave to us several eye drop but the rabbit was becomming ok for 2-3 days and then back to the same condition. His eye is red and has that white liquid  ,these day he goes to dark corners and doesn;t let us clean his eye. What shall i do? I tryed many things no luck !!!

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I hope you will help me

Many thanks!!  

Answer
Dear Marios,

It sounds as if there is pus draining from the tear duct (which is a guess, since I cannot see the rabbit--but from your description, this makes sense), and that could mean that he has a molar root infection.  This is fully explained here:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/dental.html

and the information here will also help:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/sneezing.html

Please feel free to share this information with your vet.  You also may wish to be aware of culture and sensitivity testing, which I would recommend you have done on the white discharge:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/culture.html

I hope this helps get you started on his road to recovery.  Please write back if you have any other questions.

Dana