I just came home from work to find my jacks eye like this and my vet is already closed. He's eating and hoping around as normal... please advise I'm scared...
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What's Wrong with Jack.
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It looks like cherry eye. If it is then it will require sutures to keep it back in place, I believe. I would think that it should be alright until you can get into the vet tomorrow. Here's some info if you want to read up on it.
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Eye_diseases/Disorder/Harder/Harders_en.htm
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/ProlapseEyelidGlandRabbit.htm
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Eye_diseases/Disorder/Harder/Harders_en.htm
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Miscellaneous/ProlapseEyelidGlandRabbit.htm
Get an extremely good rabbit savvy vet for this. I agree with the post above it looks like cherry eye.
If that is what it is— you want a vet that has experience with it. I had a friend whose rabbit had it and the vet charged her $800 to suture it back... the operation didn't work at all - the rabbits eye just went back to exactly the same way as before.
Then after doing some research it turned out that usually just suturing the tear duct/eyelid back into eye- usually never works and many vets recommend just taking the whole eye out instead.
So you want a really good vet who knows what would be best- suturing it back- or taking the eye out completely.
If that is what it is— you want a vet that has experience with it. I had a friend whose rabbit had it and the vet charged her $800 to suture it back... the operation didn't work at all - the rabbits eye just went back to exactly the same way as before.
Then after doing some research it turned out that usually just suturing the tear duct/eyelid back into eye- usually never works and many vets recommend just taking the whole eye out instead.
So you want a really good vet who knows what would be best- suturing it back- or taking the eye out completely.
Also, would like to add to what I wrote-- your rabbits eye does not look as bad as my friends rabbit did so if its cherry eye- if may only be in early stages so a good vet might be able to fix it with a simpler treatment.
mallowford5
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Hi, I am a newbie when it comes to a rabbit. For me, you better take your rabbit to vet for treatment. 
