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Flaky ears!
- Thread starter clarebear
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
On the inside or the outside ?
biscandmatt1
Wise Old Thumper
it could be a sign of mites, fungal, wax maybe, or just dry skin. get the vets to check it over and if they think it's needed, they can take a scraping for testing. :wave:
Santa
Wise Old Thumper
If it's flaky rather than crusty it could be the normal skin 'peeling' away as new skin grows. Normally they will get rid of it through their normal grooming routine, so it could be a sign maybe that Bramble is a little off balance, stiff or wobbly and unable to clean inside them properly. Skin issues inside ears can also be a sign of ear mites. Dudley gets flaky skin in his ears sometimes as his balance isn't that great these days so he sometimes struggles to bend round to clean them properly.
Has Bramble seemed at all wobbly or stiff recently?
Has Bramble seemed at all wobbly or stiff recently?
clarebear
Mama Doe
He seems fine. I just noticed it last night, and decided to investigate it this morning!
It's just white and flaky, not sure if it's skin or ear wax. He hasn't really been scratching his ears a lot or anything that I've noticed.
clarebear
Mama Doe
Inside his ears, not in the canal itself just inside.
Fifibutton
Wise Old Thumper
Could be ear mites caught early. My Emrys caught ear mites and withing 2 days the flakiness turned brown and crusty but I have seen the process is slower in other buns. As bad as Emrys' ears where I never saw him scratch either. But it might hurt and impede the ability to hear properly so I would pop him down to the vet. They can give some soothing ear drops and mite treatment if that is the cause.
Mackers
Wise Old Thumper
As an elderly bunny, Flora can no longer clean her ears herself. I had a long chat and instruction session with my vet and I now have to clean them for her with a cotton bud. As a bunny ages, the skin cells reproduce/shed more slowly resulting in a build up of dead skin and ear wax. This causes irritation and needs to be removed - gently! My vet first ruled out ear mites so make sure you check that first.
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