Okay, just a quick update on Angel: She has now been on drops, injections and Metacam since last monday, with another 3 weeks at least on the drops 'n shots. Her eye goes up and down in size, though thankfully it hasn't gotten any bigger or gone back to the size it was when this first happened. She is due back at the vets at 10.30 on monday for a check-up, but before that, I have uploaded some pics of her for you all. They're not brill but you can see her face/eye, so any thoughts about her eye? i.e do you think it looks really bad/unsavable?

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Poor girl, her eye is definitely swollen

Personally I would be looking at surgery now.

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i too would opt for surgery, you have tried but this way, but in all honesty it has been going on too long now.
surgery would probably be your best option

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awwwwww poor little sweet girl. i don't know what i would do about this. Prob do what your doing here, asking for advice and also asking what the vet thinks would be best now. xxx hope all goes well and she gets fully better soon

any idea what has caused her eye to swell up? has she scratched it?

I would take her to see a rabbit specialist and discuss all her options

does she still have full vision in that eye?

has she been xrayed to check her teeth roots arnt causing any problems?

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emzybabe, the vet first thought it was an abcess behind her eye, but seeing as it goes up and down in size, he is no longer sure that is what it is. Neither is he sure how much vision she's gotten in it. He did check her teeth (not by xray) and says that they appear ok, but could it actually be her back teeth? Would they cause her eye to bulge out like this? You can't see in the pic but there is also a 'membrane' (like a dog's third eyelid) covering about a quarter of they eye, does anybody know what that is likely to be?

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That will be her third eyelid

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the only way you will know for sure if its her teeth or not is to get an xray, the roots of the teeth could be growing up into her eye socket and pushing her eye out, you need to get xrays done as a bare minimum

i would also suggest you find a different, rabbit savy, vet

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Hi all, thank you for your help and thoughts on this. I took Angel to the vets this morning for her check-up, and the vet was unhappy to see that it has gone bigger again, more than what he saw last week anyway. He said that there was really no point in trying anymore treatment, as it obviously isn't working, and I left her there for him to remove her eye. He has told me that she 100% can see out of it, and it just looks a mess and now needs removing, as we have to find what's going on behind it once and for all. He said he would phone me if he found anything behind it, for me to decide what to do next. I feel awful about it, but I tried hard for the last 2 weeks to save her eye, but it clearly was never going to go better, so I'm now just hoping that I can still save her. I will update when I know anything. x

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glad your little girl is getting sorted It was worth a shot of saving the eye but as the vet said, you really need to find out whats behind it now.
Hope she's ok

*Heidi*

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