Is he a mixed lop or is his hear hurt

How can I tell if Finn is a lop ear cross? When I picked Finn up I remember him having both ears sat up like your regular bunny. When I got him home I noticed one had flopped down. I was confused but thought maybe I'd remembered wrongly or maybe it'd somehow gotten squished down in the carrier. Then a week or so ago I noticed both ears were suddenly up again. Now it's dropped again and I'm just very confused. He's about 5ish months old so I would have thought his ears would be in their set way by now.
I took him to the vets a few days ago for his vaccinations and the vet gave him a look over and said he was fine and healthy but I totally forgot about the ear thing.
Can rabbits that aren't true lops/uppy eared bunnies change their ears?

When I first brought him home


A couple of weeks later


Now that same ear has drooped over again

Some cross breed Bunnies have odd loppy ears, often referred to as 'Helicopter Ears'. As he has had a recent Vet check and all is well I would not worry

Ahh yes that's what it's called! thank you. I had no idea they could change them. Thanks

The babies I hand reared often changed their 'ear direction' as they were growing up :lol: He looks to have quite a round 'loppy' shaped face so I think he could be a lop cross

He's very handsome !

Some things like warmer weather can cause a helicopter eared bunny to change - more blood going through the ear to keep cool will make it heavier and it may lop. Sometimes they can change if there is something wrong. They can alter quite a lot when they are young as well, and may become more permanent in position in a few months. As JJ said, if he's had a recent vet check, I wouldn't worry and just enjoy his uniqueness.

My Snowflake has ears that change direction ... Nothing to worry about.







Snowflake is on the flower pot in the last one. His brother, Frosty is chillin near by. The girls are off exploring and eating!

What a lovely looking rabbit you have there x

I had a bunny like that. He was a lionhead x holland lop. His ears kinda stabilized as an adult (airplane, but he could keep them completely straight) but when he was around your rabbit's age his ears were all over the place. There even was a phase when the tip of his ears were kinda floppy and it looked really weird.
Anyway, even 'real' lops have various degree of mobility depending on how wide the crown of their head is. Right now, I've got two 'purebred' lops, one of them has floppy ears but can put them up completely (he only does this only one ear at a time, though) while the other can barely lift them to an horizontal position (it looks kinda sad, I think ^^).

Liz47 said:

The babies I hand reared often changed their 'ear direction' as they were growing up [emoji38] He looks to have quite a round 'loppy' shaped face so I think he could be a lop cross

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Yeah I noticed the rounded head shape and thought there's probably a good chance he has some lop in him. I'm not sure of his exact breed, he's fairly small still at 5ish months, 1.5kg and I dont think he'll get much bigger now. I'm assuming he's some backyard pet shop mix but who knows.

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Shimmer said:

Some things like warmer weather can cause a helicopter eared bunny to change - more blood going through the ear to keep cool will make it heavier and it may lop. Sometimes they can change if there is something wrong. They can alter quite a lot when they are young as well, and may become more permanent in position in a few months. As JJ said, if he's had a recent vet check, I wouldn't worry and just enjoy his uniqueness.

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This is interesting. It's been very windy and terrible weather here the past while and so I've had the rooms radiators cranked up a bit as our windows aren't the best. Maybe when the weather improves it'll change again

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