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Floppy Ear
- Thread starter Kazafraz
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prettylupin
Wise Old Thumper
I have a 7 year old lop that has always had one ear up and one down (shes a crossbreed, her mum was a lop and dad wasnt, so has mixed genes). Recently shes started to lop the other ear down, not fully, and not all the time, just randomly for short periods (i think shes trying to be a proper lop, as shes bonding with my other 2 lops!:lol
The vet said she was fine (she was in for another reason but i wanted to check while i was there)One of my lops i went to see at 3 1/2 weeks old and his ears were practically fully dropped. He does however have the ablilty to lift his ears up, he often sits with them half up and half down, and can lift them almost vertical but not quite!
However my other lop (who was very small and was ill for a while), came with her ears up, and it was only when she was about 4 months that her ears finally dropped, one started at about 3 1/2 months, then dropped, then the other finnally fell by 4 months. Her sister had one up and one down aged 8 weeks but her brother had both down, strange!
Aslong as your bun doesnt show signs of headtilt for example, then i dont think its anything serious
