Hey guys,
Some of you may remember me. Probably not. But anyways, one of my rabbits, Thomas, had a really bad eye infection that turned into a huge ulcer. After months of trying different medicines and care, we finally managed to get rid of it. (Mind you, he's left with a huge scar, but that's okay. At least his eye was finally better)
But then, a couple of weeks ago, I came home and found it red and puffy again. I just cleaned it out and put some eye drops (not medicine, just something the vet told us to buy to keep his eye lubricated) and it got better in a few days. It's been good since then.
Now, yesterday, his eye was horribly red and puffy, and even had the pus-like material on it again. It's like how the original infection was like. I don't know if I should do what I did recently, and hope it gets better again, or go to the vet again... (The last time really sucked me dry, but I'm willing to do it again, of course) But should I just keep it clean for now and if not better in a few days, take him again?
Also, I don't know why that same eye keeps getting infected. That's the third time now. Is this something that's gonna be chronic because of his original infection? Is it the scar tissue that bugs him and he scratches it, and thus making it infected again? Or what?
=( It's just so horrible. I hate for him to be like this, and I can tell it must hurt him, or at least really really irrirate him, cause he keeps trying to open his eye but immediately shuts it. =(