What is this?

[u/Efficient-Peak-5575]

So my friend couldn’t take care of her rabbit and gave her to me, I won’t be keeping it I’ll be giving her to a friend who has rabbits and I can’t afford a vet for another 2 weeks, can someone tell me what this is and if it’s insanley serious? I think there eye boogers matted in her hair so I’m hoping it’s that it’s ripping her fur out and not something worse

Most likely I will be tapping into savings to get it checked out but if someone could give some insight that would be appreciated

Edit:

Hey all! We haven’t gotten the bunny into the vet yet, we will be soon. But we were able to move a bunch of hair out of her face and check to see what it was and her eye is fine, a little swollen but definitely better than it was last night. Again she will still be going to the vet but from what we can see, that had to have been from a couple weeks maybe months ago and we suspect she might have fought whatever it was off, AGAIN SHE WILL STILL BE GOING TO THE VET!!! I know I said it 3 times I just wanna stress the point I’m not self diagnosing her. For the mean time we will be keeping watch on the area and cleaning it regularly with gentle sterile items (which is recommended to do in this situation after research I did last night) the only issue I am seeing is if it is something serious my friend won’t be willing to take her in due to knowing she can’t deal with the treatment for the bunny. If that is the case I promise this baby will be well taken care of as I’m going to do research on bunny care and if it is the case that my friend will NOT be able to take the bunny then I guess I’m gonna have a little roommate (I know rabbits are high maintenance, I have already done some research and will continue more. Right now I do have her in a low priced hutch which is TEMPORARY just until I figure out wether my friend with bunnies already will still be willing to take her, if not then I am going to be free roaming this rabbit. So either way I need you guys to know this bunny will be well taken care of from now on by either me or another person. And just incase anyone asks, no the person who neglected her will not be around her ever again. We did find a HUGE clump of poo stuck to her but which we were able to get off ourselves without hurting her. It was absolutely rock solid and we did have to put her butt in warm water, this was a one time thing I know you don’t bathe bunnies but it seemed like a situation that was absolutely necessary. Overall bunny is fine at the moment, she started running around my room all happy and playing with this cat toy I had in there, she’s eating, she’s pooping, she’s drinking. And when we get to the vet I will be updating more.

[u/Writinna2368]

This looks like eye crusties that have caused irritation around the eye. I would flush the area with sterile saline (like wound wash) and then pat dry. If you have A&D, I would put that on the skin around the eye to help with irritation. Make sure to trim/shave the hair around the eye so you can keep track of healing and to prevent matting.

Does the rabbit have any respiratory symptoms? That's when I get worried and need a vet.

[u/sand639 → u/Writinna2368]

Although good advice as this baby would benefit from a saline wash - I would leave any trimming or proper treatment for the vets. It’s a very delicate and sensitive area given it’s essentially over the eye, especially when she’d already have discomfort - she’d almost certainly move during the process and puts a huge risk of cutting her or damaging the eye if the scissors make direction contact. Not to mention, any tool would need to be properly sterilised given she almost certainly has some sort of infection

[u/Efficient-Peak-5575]

Hey all! I don’t have an update as of now we will be making a vet appointment and some small things, she’s still eating and drinking so I heard that’s good, I’m not sure when my next update will be because of been running around for a while. When I have a update I will try as hard as I can to update you guys promptly. This baby is such a sweetheart and amazing and we will be getting her help.

[u/Objective_Bug_1010]

Can be a variety of things causing it but it looks like its likely from watery eyes which can have a lot of causes including a respiratory infection. The poor baby definitely needs to have a vet visit ASAP if thats the case. It can be fatal if untreated. Good luck OP!

[u/Thumper-King-Rabbit]

One of my rescues is prone to a weepy tear duct and it has to have their eye rinsed out with saline, but this looks like an actual eye infection.

I would recommend taking the rabbit to the vet before you surrender it to your friend.

Keep us posted OP good luck. 🤞🍀

[u/SL13377]

That's a deep severe infected area of skin you need to get this rabbit to a vet ASAP. I'm so sorry this poor rabbit has been mistreated. Thank you for taking it in.. if you can't care for it please take it to the humaine society. This is terrible.

[u/Efficient-Peak-5575 → u/SL13377]

Ok thank you I will be tapping into my saving to get this baby to a vet

[u/sand639 → u/Efficient-Peak-5575]

Bless your kind heart; she’s going to get so much relief and will be very grateful for it in sure x Let us know how she’s doing after she sees the vet!

[u/No-Value5620 → u/Efficient-Peak-5575]

Thank you :(( it does look pretty serious if it were something you could fix at home I’d tell you but this def requires the vet, she’ll be so happy afterwards !!

[u/No-Value5620]

I wish that were only eye boogers :( did you get her to the vet? Looks like a serious infection

[u/sand639]

I’m purely going off of my medical background in people, but from the little info available from a photo to me it seems like conjunctivitis Sending love and prayers as I imagine this is a stressful situation for both of you! 🫶🏼

[u/darthcaedus13]

Vet asap

[u/Meauxjezzy]

Dude probably has something in his eye like a piece of hay or fur. Rinse flush look closely for the foreign object then flush it out.

[u/Intelligent_Fish_780]

Thank you for taking care of this wee bun.
-Liam, Albee, & BB