Ear Issues

[Alikia]

I have a young male lop who has had a scaly inner ear for about 2 months.
I finally took him to the vet after trying natural approaches like neem oil solution, aloe, olive oil, noni, etc. with no luck.

The vet gave him a dose of revolution (?) and some antibiotics as he had scratched a raw spot on his outer ear.

Now its been two weeks and still noticing scaly areas and when I rub it the fur comes off with the white scaly stuff.

NOT SURE WHAT TO DO!!!!

Please help !

Aloha, Alikia

 

[hillrise]

Loosing fur is common when there's a skin irritant/infection.

The Revolution was given topically or injection? If it was topical (just put in the ears/on the crusts) and you're still having problems, it might actually be a fungal infection. You might see if an injection would work better, if the rabbit can have it so soon after the initial treatment...

See what your vet says.

 

[Cheyrul]

Our baby buns and Squish the stray all scratch their ears. Squish actually shakes her head/ears but the look clean. No black stuff like in cats & dogs, no wax or scaly stuff.
The rescue woman said her ears were mite free but I think she is odd and the bunny still shakes and scratches.
I'm not really in a position to take 10 bunnies to the vet and I don't like him.

 

[missyscove]

Did the vet take a skin scraping to actually check for mites? They can confirm mites that way and if that is indeed the problem, suggest any alternate treatment methods.

 

[Alikia]

Thank you all for your imput-

I got another dose of selamectin (revolution) today and dropped off a sample from his ear for the vet.

NOW he is sneezing....! Cold ?
Not alot but every few minutes I hear a tiny sneeze.

Any thoughts on what do for this ??