UPDATE:

I got a call at about 4 this afternoon saying that Angel was ready to come home!!!The op was a complete success with no complications, and best of all, there was no abcess or lump behind her eye! The vet said she had an infection in it, and that possibly there was something wrong with the eyeball itself(which was causing the odd capsule-y shape). I could not have done anything to prevent it, and there was next to no chance of they eye ever returning to it's correct shape/position again. I feel rather torn tbh, in one way I am sooo relieved that there was nothing sinister behind it, and on the other I feel saddend that she has lost her eye to a simple infection. She could, however, not see out of it at all, and it was by now probably causing pain/discomfort, so it is for the best that it has been removed.

Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw when I went to pick her up though - quite simply she looks (I hate to say it) awful! She looks like her head has been in some horrible accident, with blood all down her face, which I can't clean up for 5 days, and she had had most of the fur on her face shaved. Because of the lack of fur, her head looks a bit skull like and the gaping hole where her eye was is obvious, but I'm hoping that it will look better once the fur has grown back and she's been cleaned up. She is to have metacam for the next 2 or 3 days, a check up in a fortnight, and another 2 weeks at least on the penacillin injections. For now though, she is resting peacefully in her cage in my front room. I think I will be keeping her in the house for a few days, so I can keep an eye on her, and also I am slightly afraid that Buffy( my other bun) will accidentaly scratch her face if I put her in the shed.

I am deeply grateful to y'all on here who advised me to fight and not give up, I am VERY glad that I didn't listen to the first vet who would have put her to sleep for me the day I took her in, and extremely thankful to the vet who has done his best for her, and also gave me a nice discount for the procedure!

One last thing: a couple of questions I have

Does anyone here have a one-eyed bunny and if so do they manage ok?
Do you have to bathe it or anything to stop it 'gluing up'?
Does the fur grow back right over where the eye hole is?
Any other special considerations needed?

Ta muchly for any thoughts or advice.

I will try and upload a couple of pics of her when she looks a bit better, I don't want to upset anyone or gross you out!

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glad shes doing ok, i dont have a 1 eyed bun BUT i do have a 1 eyed cat and a 1 eyed hog

the cats was surgically removed at some point and i can show you how thats healed
(one of the best pics i have that shows her eye, from when i was taming her -ex feral-)



compared to my hog who was born that way


Jacks is a hole as thats how he was born, Moggys however, as it is surgical, is a fully healed sealed shut dimple like thing, the fur over it is a bit thiner then normal, but unless you know you cant really notice (due to her colour )
neither need any special care taken of their eyes, and both get around perfectly fine and dont have any problems at all

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Hi, glad to hear Angel is doing well

I have a one eyed bun, he also lost his eye to an infection which we battled against really hard, but it was too nasty. Clover has been one-eyed for two years now. We have never had to interfere with the site at all. Do you have a follow up appointment with your vet? Clover had to go back about a week later just to check it was all healing ok.

The fur has completely grown over where his eye used to be, except for a tiny dot in the corner nearest his nose. You have to look quite hard to notice though.

Clover's only issue is a tendency not to groom 100% efficiently - we think he has "blind spots" and he can't see he's scruffy! His main problem area is his dewlap on the side with no eye; also he has a bit of a problem with getting a mucky bum. We've solved the bum problem now by getting him trimmed a couple of times a year; the dewlap thing the vet said not to worry, just keep an eye to make sure nothing nasty happens (ie skin infections). Is Angel with another bunny? Cos I assume that would solve the grooming issue.

And one other thing we've noticed, when it's time for Clover to go back in his hutch he sometimes sits with his eyeless side facing us going "lalalalala, I can't see you "

Hope Angel recovers quickly. Any more questions, feel free to ask xxx

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I have a bunny with a missing eye. She was attacked by a fox and bitten through the eye. She still technically has the eye as it wasn't removed but once the infection cleared the eye shrunk back to nothing so the eye socket looks empty. She has no sight in that eye and will probably one day need it removed but for now she's doing ok.

With her being a bunny though and the position of the eyes I just need to make sure she hears me coming or that I go towards her good side so she see's me. If she doesn't hear me or see me then she does dive away in a panic if I get too close on her bad side. I don't need to do anything with the eye apart from keep an eye on it (excuse the pun) to watch out for when she may need it removed. I'll get a picture of her later this evening when I lock them away for the night, at the moment she's in the run and I won't stand a chance at getting her in a good position.

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Here's the picture of Lolly and her missing eye or well the shrivelled eye. Its hardly noticable as she keeps the eye closed most of the time but she is able to open it and then you can see the pink inside but thats only because she still technically has the eye. It will most likely need removing one day but till then we're leaving it as its not causing her any problems. The eye is a bit watery sometimes but thats just tears where the tear duct still works and is keeping the inside of the eye clean, if she gets a thicker discharge thats when we'll remove the eye as it will mean infection is back.



From further away you can't even tell the eye is not there.

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