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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Is my bun visually impaired?

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    • narufry
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        How can I test if my bunny is blind?
        I have a small gray medium length haired bun who’s about 20-30 weeks old. We got her when she was 12 weeks old and not long after I found her having seizures, we took her to the vet and he told us she had a parasite/floppy bunny syndrome, 

        he gave us some wormer to get rid of the parasite, which worked, but in the time it was taking to work she continued to have terrible seizures, in the beginning pretty much all day every few minutes. She was also very underweight and hypoglycemic.

        I think that during one of the seizures she bit her tongue because she had a lot of blood around her mouth for  one night.

        She’s pretty much 100% better now but she seems to be a little unresponsive when I move my hands towards her, as if she can’t see them, and a couple of times I’ve seen her run into new objects I’ve put in her cage. 

        I’ve tried moving my hands towards her fast without making a sound, and she wont respond.

        She always had rather odd colored eyes, and I was wondering if she may have vision problems or if the seizures or parasite affected her vision??

        Here’s the best picture I could find
        Basically her eyes are very dark, the iris is the same color as the pupil, except that there is a small white half ring around the bottom of the pupil in both of her eyes.

        They’ve always been like this.


      • Sarita
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          Your post is very odd…are you using a tablet to post?

          As for vision, I would have the vet do a test for this.


        • narufry
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            yeah i’m getting that too. im not using a tablet. should i write it out again in another post??


          • Sarita
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              Yes, maybe try to post this again.


            • jerseygirl
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                Im a little crossed eyed after reading the post but I think I have the gist of it. So odd how its formatted like that.

                I wonder if the parasite your vet suspected she has was E. cuniculi. It can affect the eye in several ways.

                The other thing I notice is she has a white mark on her nose. Bunnies that have the vienna gene get markingss like this and they can also blue eyes or half brown, half blue in the same iris. It almost looks like blue in her iris in that picture.

                I guess to test her vision, move something toward her from several angles and watch for a reaction. They have a good sense of smell so using your hands only to test might give mixed results.
                At her next check up the vet may be able to tell further whether she has impairment.


              • RabbitPam
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                  Testing
                  testing
                  testing
                  the top line of text overlays the date and dividing line of each of the first posts/replies.
                  I am wondering if that effect happens here. It stopped when JG replied.


                • BB Administrator
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                    This is a strange glitch — it might have something to do with our database – -needs another clean out soon. Ironically this post about visually impaired and it’s hard to read this post due to the overlapping. I tried to fix it from here, but it’s not working. Nafry, since Jersey has responded to this one you can either just repost here or start anew.

                    IF you do decide to start a bran new post, please hit the alert button on this post and ask to be deleted, so we don’t have two of the same posts going at the same time.  Hopefully if one of the other leaders deletes this post they can copy Jersey’s and post it to the new thread

                    Helloworld!!


                  • jerseygirl
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                      I’m viewing this on my phone and the original post is now overlapping both Sarita and my posts. Perhaps the addition of the photo caused this??

                      I just discovered it appears normal if you copy, then paste.
                      I’ve pasted original post & responses below & sent Narufry a copy in case they’d light to start a new thread.

                      (Narufry original post)
                      How can I test if my bunny is blind?
                      I have a small gray medium length haired bun who’s about 20-30 weeks old. We got her when she was 12 weeks old and not long after I found her having seizures, we took her to the vet and he told us she had a parasite/floppy bunny syndrome,
                      he gave us some wormer to get rid of the parasite, which worked, but in the time it was taking to work she continued to have terrible seizures, in the beginning pretty much all day every few minutes. She was also very underweight and hypoglycemic.
                      I think that during one of the seizures she bit her tongue because she had a lot of blood around her mouth for one night.

                      She’s pretty much 100% better now but she seems to be a little unresponsive when I move my hands towards her, as if she can’t see them, and a couple of times I’ve seen her run into new objects I’ve put in her cage.
                      I’ve tried moving my hands towards her fast without making a sound, and she wont respond.
                      She always had rather odd colored eyes, and I was wondering if she may have vision problems or if the seizures or parasite affected her vision??

                      Here’s the best picture I could find
                      Basically her eyes are very dark, the iris is the same color as the pupil, except that there is a small white half ring around the bottom of the pupil in both of her eyes.

                      They’ve always been like this.

                      Sarita
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                      12/18/2013 05:23 AM
                      Your post is very odd…are you using a tablet to post?

                      As for vision, I would have the vet do a test for this.

                      narufry
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                      12/18/2013 05:34 AM
                      yeah i’m getting that too. im not using a tablet. should i write it out again in another post??

                      Sarita
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                      12/18/2013 06:24 AM
                      Yes, maybe try to post this again.

                      jerseygirl
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                      12/18/2013 07:09 AM
                      Im a little crossed eyed after reading the post but I think I have the gist of it. So odd how its formatted like that.

                      I wonder if the parasite your vet suspected she has was E. cuniculi. It can affect the eye in several ways.

                      The other thing I notice is she has a white mark on her nose. Bunnies that have the vienna gene get markingss like this and they can also blue eyes or half brown, half blue in the same iris. It almost looks like blue in her iris in that picture.

                      I guess to test her vision, move something toward her from several angles and watch for a reaction. They have a good sense of smell so using your hands only to test might give mixed results.
                      At her next check up the vet may be able to tell further whether she has impairment.


                    • Deleted User
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                        Thanks so much Jersey – this is a forum that interests me, (my dogs through old age are blind / going blind and wondered about my boy) and I was unable to read it too. Cheers.

                        Hi narufry, how sad! The seizures must have been terrifying for you both and am so happy all seems ok now. I too am interested as to whether a buns sight can be an issue, be it now in your situation or as a bun ages? When you take your beautiful baby to the vet be sure to let us know. Not only to pass the info along, but we are concerned and would love to know the outcome. Good luck and I hope all is ok? Cheers narufry.

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