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Pretty upset. Bindi’s left eye has started to completely cloud over. I’ve noticed lately he seemed a bit off when hopping around. Last weekend, my husband said he ran into a table leg.
And yesterday, he ran right into my sleeping cat. We have a vet apt. tomorrow to get him checked out as well as his ears are currently being stubborn with an infection. Will probably have to get another culture done. And he has a dental booked for next Thursday so I’m getting the pre-anaesthetic bloodwork done tomorrow since my vet now sends out all the rabbit bloodwork to an outside lab, it takes a while to get the results. I’m honestly afraid of what his blood work is gonna say.
He hasn’t had it done in a while and I’m just really worried about my poor little man lately. Vibes appreciated.
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Thank you everyone for the love and well wishes for Bindi. And sorry I did not update till now.
Update on Bindi’s vet visit yesterday. Did not get the news I was expecting. His ears are mega infected….4+ bacteria which the vet says is “off the charts”, even for him. Sent a culture for testing but probably won’t get the results till next Friday. She was quite concerned about his eye. It’s not age related cloudiness, which would have been the best scenario. There is inflammation and fluid behind the eye. She said it could just be some sort of infection, possibly related to the ears, and put him on Metacam and eye drops 4x a day. However, she said, at his age, she needs to mention that it could be cancer.
Unfortunately, there is no test to confirm. I’m just trying to be positive and hope the drops help and we can get the eye and his ears cleared up soon. Good news is that he did gain a tiny bit of weight.
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Thanks. I’m super worried about cancer, obviously. That’s scary, of course. But also very concerned about the possibility of infection related to the ears. Bindi has had ear infections for many years. They have never caused any other issues. I’m so scared he gets head tilt or it spreads.
He’s had suspected EC in the past so maybe that’s somehow related? If it is infection related to the ears, then I feel really guilty. And will continue to feel guilty unless it gets better. I feel like I tried the Baytril too long before contacting the vet again. I should have brought him in sooner for a culture. I was awake most of last night, just feeling awful about this.
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Just wanted to update that there is nothing to update.
Still impatiently waiting for his ear results. The vet was hoping the results would be in last Friday but still waiting. Makes me feel horrible to know his ears are badly infected and not being treated. I’m currently putting drops in them of a solution that may help keep it from getting worse. Its’ more of a medicated cleaner. And his eye is no better.
Thankfully, he is doing well, otherwise. This little man is such a trooper. He eats and poops and hops around like nothing is wrong. A bit less active maybe but overall well. But I know his ears are bothering him. He gets upset when I put the drops in which is a new behaviour.
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I’m sorry LPT
. And don’t be upset that you didn’t think of EC as a possibility – it was 4-5 years ago when he had head tilt, and there was no head tilt this time so you couldn’t be expected to think EC right away. Maybe the infection just got deeper into the ear than usual and it is throwing off his balance? Let’s just hope that his ears will start clearing up and that it will simultaneously eliminate this new balance issue. -
Pretty upset about Bindi’s vet visit.
While his ears are improved somewhat, his eye has gotten worse. We’re going to continue the Fenbendazole treatment, as it’s only been 7 days, but my vet is pretty convinced it’s cancer and not E.C. She says it’s rare and unlikely for him to have recovered from EC 4 or 5 years ago, have no symptoms that entire time and then have it flare up again. Going to look into him seeing the eye specialist. I feel like I might have to make a very difficult decision soon. Feeling pretty sad. -
Just an update about Bindi. He is the same.
With the 100% support of my vet, I’ve made the difficult decision to not see the eye specialist. If it is cancer, all I can do is palliative care and if it’s something that would require removing the eye, I’ve already decided I won’t be putting him through that. I honestly don’t think he would survive with his current weakness and low weight.
He’s been through so much and is such a little fighter but I really feel he is tired. My Reiki friend told me she felt the same when giving him his treatment. I want him to have as little stress as possible and the eye exam alone would be 1 to 1 1/2 hours. We are still doing the EC treatment of Fenbendazole and Metacam and hoping for the best.
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I bet he’s glad to be done with the panacur!
LPT, his left eye is showing in the pic in Dec photo thread. Has your vet got the tool to for glaucoma?
I tried look up what that might look like in a REW eye and found only this image.
source:http://www.vetstream.com/treat/lapis/freeform/eye-glaucoma
So, it’s not really too different from this condition in a more pigmented eye really.
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hmmm….that pic is not that far off. I will talk to my vet soon about the possibility of glaucoma but I’m pretty sure she said it was not anything age-related. She’s not an eye expert but I assume a normal vet could detect glaucoma?
He was a good boy with the Panacur. He’s always such a good boy.
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He is such a strong and tough bun! Even if he loses all of his vision, we know he has a great mom to help him through it
. I know there are some extra low entry litter boxes online for disabled buns – it might help him find his way into his litter box easier if he has one without a side to hop over into it. -
Thanks. Yes, he’s still eating well and pooping. Enjoying treats and exploring a bit. But now I have a new concern. The past few days, he’s started sneezing a lot and last night I noticed a little bit of white discharge. Now I’m conflicted. Should I treat whatever this may be or just leave him be.
I don’t want his remaining time to be stressful and back and forth to the vet. I e-mailed my vet about his right eye now looking like the left ,her response was:
I’m sorry to hear that. You have to keep assessing his quality of life: what are the things Bindi enjoyed most during his life? Certain treats? Playtime outside his enclosure? Snuggles? Then ask yourself if he is still enjoying those same things?
When the list of things he no longer can enjoy is longer than the things he does enjoy- then that’s not the life he deserves. I so wish there was more I could do to help.
I just responded telling her about the sneezing and discharge.
This is so hard.
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Thank you everyone.
Gordo and Janice, I’m so very sorry for the loss of your Icey.
And sorry I haven’t made it to your RB thread yet. Thank you very much for sharing your experience with me. It is so truly hard. I’ve been here before, a few years back, with my little Stormy who had suspected GI cancer. I thought I was doing my best, but realized too late I was really hoping for a miracle and will never forgive myself for keeping him with me too long.
Bindi means so much to me, as I’m sure you all know. We’ve been through so much together. He’s had so many health problems but he’s always pulled through and he’s the bunny I’ve had the longest.
My vet responded that she suggests I “treat the treatable” so we are starting him on Oral Baytril. Hope that clears us the sneezing and discharge.
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Thanks, Jenn. I’m gonna talk to my tomorrow about the pressure test.
I took these pics last night. Not great pics, but the best I can do. Really hard to tell what is going on, even with me just looking at them. Makes it more difficult because his eyes are so light.
Left eye. The first one that had problems.
Right eye.
Best way to describe what I’m seeing is that it looks like there is fogginess over the majority of his eyes, but mostly concentrated in the middle. And looks really pearly.
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I don’t know if my thread from a long while back regarding Viv’s eye issues would be any help, but may be worth checking out. https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/ta…fault.aspx
Here is a picture of Viv’s eyes. It looks sort of like a cataract, but according to the vet, this is due to the glaucoma and makes the lens slip which makes it look like this. Later, it also slipped further where it sort of collapse and gave it another weird look. (uneven for sure). Not sure if this looks familiar. By the way — when the lens slips and creates a more solid look, it can happen overnight!
I may be mistaken, but I am not 100% sure if glaucoma is age related in rabbits as I know some bunnies (even posted here) were just a couple of years old.
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Yes, that part was a relief. Yes she is fond of Bindi. Who wouldn’t be?
He’s such a good little patient. And she’s been his vet most of his life and I’m sure he’s taught her a lot. He’s had a lot of weird, rare problems where she just says “because you’re Bindi”. And, well, I’m pretty darn love-able too.
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Coming back to this really late, sorry! Im really pleased his pressure readings were normal. One less thing to worry about!
Good thing he likes his CC and it helps with his weight some. If he has been battling some low grade infections, that does seem to make these older buns a bit lean.
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. Luna and I send hugs and vibes, and hopefully that runny nose will go away! ((((Bindi))))
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