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I have a 2 month old bunny, and she has been with us for a month. She stays in the backyard and at night she sleeps under the fundations of a wooden gazebo. She has other shelters but does not use them.
She is provided with rabbit food but she prefers to just eat grass. She looks active and healthy. My previous bunny, who died of old age, lived in the yard for 7 years and never had any health issues.
Well, two days ago I found in the morning that the bunny could no longer hold one of her ears up.
She is an American common rabbit, grey, short hair, fairly small furry ears that she always held up high. Now she holds up high only one ear.
Two days ago it was drizzling, so I wonder if water went into her ear? Could she have hit her ear against the top of the gazebo floor? She also had a small glob of dirt, which I removed, attached to the fur behind that ear, but not attached to her skin. There is less fur behind that ear than behind the other one.
I saw no redness anywhere, no discharge, no pain at the touch. Can rabbits injure their ear cartilage and end up with a floppy ear forever? Should I take her to the vet?
Thank you.
I have a 2 month old bunny, and she has been with us for a month. She stays in the backyard and at night she sleeps under the fundations of a wooden gazebo. She has other shelters but does not use them.
She is provided with rabbit food but she prefers to just eat grass. She looks active and healthy. My previous bunny, who died of old age, lived in the yard for 7 years and never had any health issues.
Well, two days ago I found in the morning that the bunny could no longer hold one of her ears up.
She is an American common rabbit, grey, short hair, fairly small furry ears that she always held up high. Now she holds up high only one ear.
Two days ago it was drizzling, so I wonder if water went into her ear? Could she have hit her ear against the top of the gazebo floor? She also had a small glob of dirt, which I removed, attached to the fur behind that ear, but not attached to her skin. There is less fur behind that ear than behind the other one.
I saw no redness anywhere, no discharge, no pain at the touch. Can rabbits injure their ear cartilage and end up with a floppy ear forever? Should I take her to the vet?
Thank you.