Thank you for your responses!
We have been lucky to have been in contact with a well-versed vet here who works with rabbits often. He was kind enough to provide recommendations and then advice after hearing about Frankie.
We used an emergency vet on Saturday, then were directed to a university teaching school to have them look at Frankie’s eye. Both places said it was severe and needed to be removed. Both also told us to put an E-Collar on our rabbit. Frankie was upset about the collar and would repeatably stand on his hind legs and fall over trying to get it off. It was concerning and we didn’t know what to do.
Luckily, the prior mentioned vet heard about this and said to remove it immediately. He was also upset as the university facility brought a team there on Saturday to save his eye, but upon deciding he would lose it anyway, wanted to wait to do the procedure on Tuesday. I’m grateful for this in the end as their advice could have done an unnecessary procedure and cost us about 5K.
The new prognosis is Frankie will most likely be able to keep his eye. He may have light sensitivity in the eye and maybe difficulties focusing with it. We will know for sure at his next appointment next Friday.
I say all this to hopefully save others the same issues we faced. I spoke with our local rescue (Georgia House Rabbit Society) and they offered amazing advice and also were horrified Frankie was put into an E-Collar (especially since they felt he would lose his eye anyway). I was told well-meaning rabbit parents get in the same situation and get taken advantage of by facilities that are not knowledgable of rabbit biology. On top of that, our rabbits are often not treated with the same urgency and concern for their well being.
Thank you all again for your responses. I hope everyone here has the same group of advocates looking our for the care of their rabbits as we have found here.
.
