I’m wondering if she has blocked duct problems or even teeth issues? . Do you notice that her eyes water a bit too when she’s eating. I just wonder if the more she grooms, her mouth is moving, saliva starts and all of  it could belated to some underlying other problems. Do you trust your vets – I mean do you feel they are rabbit savvy?   I am wondering if her teeth should be looked at.

I think if the ointment isn’t helping, just a regular saline wipe with a cotton ball during her shed would help. She has a funny shed pattern then. 6 weeks like clockwork? I remember you posted about her eye before and the vet said conjunctivitis. If it was, I’m wondering if it is contagious like the human version. Could the others also get it. I’m not suggesting you separate her though! If Stu cleans her eye for her, this is great. I know K&K used to have to clean Chucks goobey eye daily. Then when she brought Noot home, he took over that task for her.

Thanks jersey for refreshing the past on this.

Rucy had a chronic problem with her right eye watering (though she had teeth problems, that actually was not related to that), She had a blocked tear duct due to scar tissue. But Jack would clean it for her most of the time. If not, it would get crusty and just a little goopy, but for the most part it was just clear tears that drained down the side of her cheek (UNTIL it dried, where it turned into tiny crusty white dust pieces that I would get rid of with a luke warm damp cloth) But if your bunny has alot of white goober, more than the normal little dot of sleepy, it makes me think more of infection and/or irritation.

Do you notice her scratching more during this time and how are her nails? The reason I am asking is just thinking of other things that could possibly be causing this ONLY during a shed. If she’s itching more now and her nails are really long, she could accidentally be scratching her eye.

It really is hard to know for sure, but if it doesn’t clear up soon, I’d check again with a vet.

We have a rabbit at the rescue who has chronic eye problems like that. She really likes it when we flush it with saline. We put some kind of ointment in her eye but she doesn’t protest. If it stings I wonder if her eye is getting scratched by fur that might be getting in there.

Chuck has a goobery eye-it’s from damage early on from pasturella-so even though there is no infection currently he needs his eye cleaned frequently. I can do it less now that he has Noot to clean it but it does need wiping and removal of boogers every 2-3 days or so.

Is there any chance your bun has pasturella? If it’s damaged ducts the vet should be able to tell when he does a ‘duct flush’ or by xray-the duct flush is by far cheaper

How is her eye now? If not any better, I would recommend the vet if you haven’t already been there.

Sorry to hear about your problems with Flopsy. Stormy has eye problems similar to what you describe, although not as bad. He gets fur in his eyes and then gets long, stringy goobers in his eyes that, when bad enough, they make his eyes red and watery. I brought him to the vet a few months ago when it was really bad, she didn’t have an explanation but she said it wasn’t infection or his teeth and she gave me some drops which help after a few days. I need to use them every so often. I’ll try to find out what they are called for you.