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Scratching ears

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Linuxete

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Hi;) I've got a new bunny. He's around 9 weeks old. He's a Lionhead rabbit. Yesterday I noticed he was scratching his both ears. It seems like he wants to scratch something out of them. I checked them and there's no swelling, redness, wax, gunk, mites or anything else wrong with them, just normal looking ears. It's heating season in my country so the air is a bit dry I guess, could this be causing him itchiness? He's eating, pooing and peeing normal. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
 
My Robin does that ... he's fine also.
Nothing in his ears no marks gunk wax or mites either .

Seems to just be a habit he does in the evening.
 
How often? Now and then when having a grooming session is normal - they do clean there ears like that, but if he's doing it all the time if could be ear mites.
 
He's scratching them quite often, but they look normal, no dandruff or anything else, just normal skin. I had to change his food recently. Could this be food allergy or something like that?

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If you catch them early mites may not have any visible symptoms. Does he shake his head too?

They are easy to treat - do you have a local vet he could see?
 
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