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My bunny has cherry eye. Is her partner licking her eye dangerous?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Female | unspayed | 4 months and 26 days old

My bunny has cherry eye and iam giving her drops whilst we wait for the surgery but I have 2 bunnies and when we put them together all he does is lick her eyes. So I want to know if he can make it worse or should I seperate them?

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Answered By Dr. Andrea

Veterinarian

Published on June 10th, 2018

If the other bunny is licking his eye excessively it can make the cherry eye worse or cause an infection or irritation. Is it just because of the drops or because the eye is weepy? I would consider separating them, however, if you do that they nay not be able to get put back together again and may become unbonded. It would be best for them to spend some time together but maybe separate for awhile twice daily after you apply the eye drops.

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