I. How to help rabbits clean up eye mucus
Meat rabbits are rabbit breeds that love to clean and take care of themselves very well , Under normal circumstances, the meat rabbits we see are not very dirty; this is not the case with medium and long-haired lop-eared rabbits, which often have a little eye secretion on the hair at the corner of their eyes, that is, brownish eye mucus. It is the size of a grain of rice, which is a normal phenomenon. This is mainly because the rabbit does not clean up by itself. So this needs the help of the owner~
Pet owners should usually pay attention to eye care for the rabbit, and clean up the eye mucus secreted by the rabbit in time, but be careful not to pick hard, because the skin around the rabbit’s eyes It is thin and can easily break and become infected. If the rabbit secretes eye mucus, but it has not been cleaned for a long time, the eye mucus will continue to accumulate, and it will become a breeding ground for bacteria. Maybe at the beginning, it will only show a little redness and swelling at the corner of the eye. If it continues to develop, it may cause chronic conjunctiva. Inflammation, the rabbit sheds tears, and if the secreted tears continuously stimulate the skin under the eyes and slowly form an infection, it will be very troublesome to deal with at that time. Especially for rabbits such as young rabbits and elderly rabbits, their body resistance is relatively low and they are more likely to cause infection. The owner needs to pay special attention to such rabbits.
Second, how to care for the rabbit’s eyes
If the rabbit’s eyes have mucus, the owner can use a tissue to do it A twist, and then you can get it down smoothly with a touch of eye feces.
If the rabbit’s eye mucus has stuck to the hair around its eyes and the owner can’t pull it off, don’t pick it hard, you can use a tissue to dip a little saline (be careful not to be too wet or too sticky) , and then wipe it off with a paper towel, pay attention to dry the wet hair with a dry paper towel after removing it!
The large pieces of eye mucus are always easy to see, but the owner should pay attention to check whether it is still there when cleaning the rabbit’s eye mucus. There are small eye mucus, which must be cleaned up.
If your rabbit is a long-haired rabbit, the owner usually needs to pay attention to observe whether the hair around its eyes is too long and will not touch its eyes. Going to cut it short. After soothing the rabbit, trim it slowly. When trimming, pay attention to distinguish the rabbit’s hair and eyelashes, and don’t accidentally cut off its eyelashes.
Don’t be lazy, master! Eye care should be given to the rabbit at least every 3 days. If it is a young rabbit and an old rabbit, it is recommended to check it every day!
Third, do you need to use eye drops
for care?
If the rabbit has no confirmed eye disease, it is just simple eye care, not recommended Use eye drops for rabbits, and normal saline can be used appropriately. Note: Generally, normal saline cannot be used after a few days of opening, so pets should pay attention to this.
Our introduction to the treatment of rabbit eye mucus and eye care is here. I don’t know how often you give your rabbit eye care. What~
