Blind baby bunnys? (Pictures)

[into_my_web]

We recently adopted a group of four to five week old baby bunnies, they seemed fine at first but now they all have blue-ish tinted eyes and spots on their eyes and seem blind.
I have pictures of the bun with the worst eyes.
Does anyone know what this could be?
I was thinking cataracts, but now I'm not so sure.

Sorry about the picture sizes.

We named this baby Nutmeg, she's a sweet little thing.

 

[redhen]

Awww, i hope they arent blind..
Are rabbits born with cloudy/blue eyes like cats and dogs?
Maybe they are younger than you were told?

 

[into_my_web]

No, my bunnies have had babies several times and I've never seen anything like this.

 

[reveriereptile]

Their eyes look like a guinea pigs' I use to have that went blind. Still kept her and she did find even though she was blind.

 

[Crazyland]

Their eyes are amazing.
I don't have a clue but it is a striking color.

 

[RachelFromTheBlackLagoon]

I once received a call from a man who had found a baby squirrel. He was feeding it some sort of human baby formula. When I picked it up from him, he told me it was blind. It's eyes looked exactly like those bunnies' eyes. I brought the squirrel to a rehabber and asked her what she thought, she said it was due to some sort of deficiency and they'd be corrected with the appropriate diet. Apparently, she'd seen this a lot when orphaned babies weren't being fed appropriately. Where were these guys before you had them?

 

[redhen]

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That makes sense..i bet its something like that...

 

[Barred Rocks forever]

ive taken care of rabbits like that something damaged the eye i think it can probably kinda see through the eye its possibly cuz of that

 

[lasergrl]

in squirrels its a calcium deficiency. These bunnies might not be blind, because you can see the iris under the cloudiness. They probably just see in a haze.

 

[RabbitMage]

These are domestic rabbits, not wild rabbits, correct?

I do think their vision is compromised and like other posters I wouldn't be shocked if it was a nutrition issue, especially given how young they are.

I would get them on a high quality pellet NOW, and let them eat all they want. If you want a better shot at saving their vision, a vet visit is probably in order.