I'm new to rabbits, at least this time, it's been years since I have had any & I'm needing some advice here. I had some young rabbits I had to move into a cage together temporarily due to keeping someone else's rabbits for a couple days & for lack of cage space. Anyway, two of them got into a fight & one little doe got a nasty wound to her eye. It looks like some of the eyelid is kind of flapped back & her eye looks terrible, it's red & draining. I read that rabbits are very sensitive to antibiotics & there aren't that many they can tolerate. What is the best way to treat this wound other than cleaning it & keeping the drainage from gooping the eye shut. Is there any ointment I can get or what is best to clean this with & is there anything I can flush the eye with. I hate to see this little doe lose her eye over this injury. Any help would be appreciated.
Injury to eye
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Two suggestions, Veterycin Eye Wash to clean out the eye and then Terramycin Opthalmic Ointment for the eye. You can get both of these at TSC or a feed store. Good luck.Trish44 said:
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Thanks so much for the reply. I did get some of the antibiotic ointment you suggested at the CO-OP & it seems to be helping. I also ordered the vetericyn, but it hasn't come yet. At least I'll have it for next time if nothing else. I think her eye is going to be all right, I don't know about the eyelid, but at least she will be able to see.
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Glad to hear it! I keep those two item on hand, they are very useful to have.
