White eye discharge

[Astrid Felix]

I noticed a white dot on my rabbits eye I didn’t really worry about I came back ten minutes later and it was a little bigger after that it didn’t get any bigger it is just a little line of white goo on the bottom of her eye it isn’t leaking anymore but the white stuff is still there i figured it wasn’t infection cause it is clean and stopped comings what I am wondering is could it be that my rabbit had a hair in its eye and the white stuff is its bodies way of cleaning like my eye waters of if its serious please don’t tell me I have to run to the vet right now I have never taken a animal to the vet except to get shots and they are all perfectly healthy thank you

[BinkyBunny]

Rabbits can definitely get goop like “sleepy” stuff that you may notice from time to time (that’s normal), but if it continues or worsens, it can mean an infection. (in the eye or in an upper tooth root). You can try and feel around the outside of the upper cheek to see if you feel a difference on that side, as tooth root infections can also sometimes cause swelling or an abscess, then vet care would be needed in that case. 

Do the eyelids on that eye look a bit red, or if you lift up the lid, is the white part of the eye redder than the other eye? Sometimes, an infection can cause a slight smell. You’d have to put your nose right up to it to smell it.

So just keep an eye on it, and if it does seem like an infection, then vet care with antibiotics may be given because rabbit eyes have a very difficult time healing on their own due to the fact rabbits don’t don’t blink. The dryness prevents healing. And then an ulcer can develop which can be even harder to heal (Been there, done that!). But don’t worry, it’s not like you would have done anything wrong. A vet visit isn’t a reflection of how well you take care of your animals. It just happens from time to time even in healthy animals.

Keeping my fingers crossed though that it’s nothing serious and it was just some goop

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