my rabbit's 3rd eyelids have been showing a lot lately

Not a rabbit owner but I had a similar issue with my dog. Some days were better than others, and he definitely had swelling and was producing more eye gunk than usual. Vet said that the 3rd eyelid was inflamed (likely due to allergies) and to use artificial tears and gently massage the corners of the eyes to help moisturize and bring down swelling (and make him more comfortable).

It's not a major issue, but it does require some treatment, and in bad cases may require surgery. I'm also not sure how easy it is to use eye drops on a rabbit, or if that's even the issue, so unfortunately the answer is probably vet.

Try saline eye drops. She might have something lodged under it. My old rabbit had something similar and after the eye drops I ended up pulling out a rather large piece of hay.

my rabbit tries to bite me a lot

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>>2313952
sorry to hear that anon

>>2313958
I know, it sucks. Kid won it at a carnival. I just want it to come around to getting cuddles.

>>2313960
Does it just bite you or people in general?

>>2314006
people in general. It'll put up with gentle rubbing of its forehead, and likes to eat out of your hands. After a while it kind of oinks and tries to bite you. Not very hard though. The only times it's actually made aggressive contact with me or my wife, it barely registers as pain at all. Like as soon as it's teeth touch me it backs off and doesn't pursue that train of thought.

>>2314009
>After a while it kind of oinks

The fuck?

i'm the op

thanks for the replies. both her eyes have started to bulge out of her head pretty noticeably so i made an appointment for her to be seen on monday

>>2314009
Does the "oinking" sound like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzYLxafcPUg

op again

vet thought her eyes looked ok so it might be nothing or it might be a thymoma (tumor in the chest)

i didn't get it xrayed because she'd have to be sedated for it and since the tumor has a bad prognosis i wouldn't have it treated anyway (specialist surgery starting at $2000.. she's a lovely sweet rabbit but that's an awful lot of money for a lunatic, old animal that was basically free) so i'm just going to wait and see

>>2316430
I would at least get her scanned so you have a definitive answer.

>>2316439
the vet didn't recommend putting her under for xrays unless i wanted to have it treated

the stress of anesthesia could just worsen her condition