Just noticed my buck sneezing and ribbing his face this morning. Checked, he had crust around his eyes and a wet nose. Cleaned cage and separated from other buns, took inside. Still crusty eyes, nose dry, but seems irritable.

Thank you for your question. I apologize for the delay, this venue is not set up for urgent emails. It would be best to have your pet seen by a veterinarian, as they can examine them, see what might be going on, and get treatment for them.

What I should do for the treatment of my rabbit ,I have been injecting ceftriaxone and tazobactum injection for 10 days and applying ciprofloxacin, metronidazole,terbinafine hydrochloride and clobetasol propionate ointment on his lesion and also moxifloxacin eye drops but he is not ok ,he is not recovering , please help me ,I love my rabbit and I can't see him like this so please recommend me which medicine can I use for him

Thank you for your question. With all of the medications that you have already tried not working, it seems that it would probably be a good idea to have a veterinarian look at your rabbit, as there may be something going on that is not treatable with medication, or that may need more specific therapy. Unfortunately, without seeing him, I can't recommend any other therapy. I hope that your rabbit feels better soon!

My bunny has a very watery and runny eye and it looks pinkish and irritated. Not sure what would cause this or what to do?

Thank you for your question. Rabbits can get parasites and bacterial infections that can cause lesions like that to happen around the eye. If it is not getting better, it would be best to have your rabbit seen by a veterinarian. They can look at your rabbit, look at her eyes, and see what might be causing it and what treatment she might need. I hope that everything goes well for her.

Toffee has a very watery eye, no other discharge just seems very wet. This has caused a wet patch between her nose and eye. Started up yesterday and is a bit red and she has it slightly closed, but seems fine and is eating as normal. What could the issue be? I have another rabbit, Caramel, kept in the same (indoor) enclosure, which I clean out thoroughly every 2-3 days, who is absolutely fine. They don't spent a lot of time in their enclosure, as they have free reign of the living room.

It is difficult to say what the specific cause is, there are many possible issues including infection, irritation, allergies, small foreign object, trauma (scratch etc…) among other issues; you should try to flush the eye out and look for any signs of injury, monitor during the weekend but if any discharge occurs or you notice any other symptoms visit a Veterinarian for an examination. Regards Dr Callum Turner DVM

Dear Dr. Callum Turner: Cinnabun started with a slight head tilt towards the eye that was infected on May 7. Was given penicillin, baytril, metacam, BNP and tobramycin. Taken off penicillin the next day because we realized it was an eye infection not head tilt. Kept her on the other meds until May 17 when we saw her eye wasn’t getting better and was now inflamed from the bottom and thick pus was coming out. Took her to our vet and was told to put our bun to sleep because she was probably in a lot of pain and surgery (removing pus) wouldn’t help much. She’d only have a 5-10% chance of survival. I took her the same day to another vet for a 2nd opinion and he gassed her, checked her teeth (they were fine) and extracted a very smelly pus. He raised the dose and strength of the metacam, gave Zithromax, removed the baytril and kept the BNP & tobramycin. He took a culture which I’ll know the result of hopefully by Monday 5/21. He said I’d see an improvement of her eye in 24 hours with the Zithromax. But I haven’t. The pus is a bit less but the inflammation under her eye is back (it went down when he expressed it). She bunches over and looks in pain. It’s killing me to keep her this way and wondering if the 1st vet was right about putting her down. I will do anything to get her better. I read a study that said penicillin cured bunny eye infections 95-100% of the time. Could changing the med be more effective? Should I give it another day to see improvement? She has been eating less but she still drinks a lot of water. She still will come to me for her treat. Have been feeding her critical care in the morning & at night. Her poops were good before she got gassed but have been irregular and off-size since then. I am thinking of getting her some sub-Q fluids. She’s an inside, free roam bunny and is paired with Bumble. I am keeping her separate from him for now so he doesn’t lick her eye. At night she gets cold ears so I put a little portable heater nearby and she comes close to it to warm up. The other bunny has warm ears and the house temp is about 70 degrees F so I don’t know why she gets so cold. Any help or suggestions is appreciated. Thank you. 🙏🏼❤️

Without examining Cinnabun it is difficult to weigh in on a sensitive subject. It has only been two days since you visited the two Veterinarians for their opinion and the second Veterinarian draining pus etc… which is still early days in treatment and it may take a little time to see improvement; you should give it the weekend to determine if the prescribed treatment has been effective and then decide on whether to change medications later on since constant changing of antibiotics isn’t good practice. Regards Dr Callum Turner DVM