Just wondered if anybody had any idea before I take him to the vets on Thursday. I rescued him as he was going to be pts, and now I think I now the reason why as I have found a lump/ abcess near his rear end and also he as the remains of a bursted on on the top of his back. I have also noticed he has some scabs down one of his ears and wondered if anybody could advise what to bathe them with.
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Scabs in the Ear (He as had is post op check today
- Thread starter kayj
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aawww poor wee thing 
Did he have a home lined up yet?
What are the scabs on his ear like? Are they pretty much healed up?
If he has abcesses shouldnt the vet take a look in case he needs antibiotics? Im afraid ive never had to deal with an abcess so cant say what to do about it. Maybe warm salty water?
Did he have a home lined up yet?What are the scabs on his ear like? Are they pretty much healed up?
If he has abcesses shouldnt the vet take a look in case he needs antibiotics? Im afraid ive never had to deal with an abcess so cant say what to do about it. Maybe warm salty water?
rngpwelfare
Mama Doe
could be ear mites does it look crusty?
Scabs in the ear can be a sign of ear mites. Is he scratching? Does it look like there is also a build up of wax?
I would clean them very, very gently with salt water (about one teaspoon salt to a pint of water) on a cotton bud; don't poke too deep in the ear as they are quite fragile. If it is mites causing the scabs, you may be able to see the mites moving.
(I'd clean the abcesses with salt water too, until the vet has seen them.)
Hope that's some help, and hope the rabbit's doing ok!
Kate and Jack xx
I would clean them very, very gently with salt water (about one teaspoon salt to a pint of water) on a cotton bud; don't poke too deep in the ear as they are quite fragile. If it is mites causing the scabs, you may be able to see the mites moving.
(I'd clean the abcesses with salt water too, until the vet has seen them.)
Hope that's some help, and hope the rabbit's doing ok!
Kate and Jack xx
doorkeeper
Mama Doe
Scabby ears was the first thing I noticed about Old Lace before I convinced her owners to let me take her. I thought it was mites, but it turned out that she had been scratching her ears because of the pain of them both being infected. :shock: They were really bad and it progressed to head tilt as soon as treatment began So you may not want to wait until Thursday to get him looked at. If he has abcesses in other places he could have a nasty infection going on. Poor Lace has infections in her eyes as well and for a while we thought she had one in her abdomen too but it turned out to be food
I used the aloe soothe cream from gorgeous guineas on her ears and they healed up nicely - on the outside :roll: I am using it around her eye as well where it is really bad because it is the eye she lies on all the time, the one on the bottom where she has her head tilted over. She has lost all the fur around it, but the skin is much less inflamed now. The cream also healed her mouth when it got sore when I was syringe feeding her. It works reeally fast. I can't say enough good things about it
So you may not want to wait until Thursday to get him looked at. If he has abcesses in other places he could have a nasty infection going on. Poor Lace has infections in her eyes as well and for a while we thought she had one in her abdomen too but it turned out to be food I used the aloe soothe cream from gorgeous guineas on her ears and they healed up nicely - on the outside :roll: I am using it around her eye as well where it is really bad because it is the eye she lies on all the time, the one on the bottom where she has her head tilted over. She has lost all the fur around it, but the skin is much less inflamed now. The cream also healed her mouth when it got sore when I was syringe feeding her. It works reeally fast. I can't say enough good things about it
Thanks guys for all the advice, he had been on a weeks antibiotics before I had picked him up. As regards to his ears the scabs are pretty dry but he runs of and shakes is head if you touch him. I have been bathing them with salt water. My vet is away till Thursday and really want her to check him out than another (If you know what I mean). Thought I might put him on some baytril till then what does everybody think.
He hasn't got a home lined up yet and there is no way he is going anywhere until I have sorted him (Infact I have already decided to keep him) He is a lovely lively bun that loves snuggling up to you and is very very friendly.
He hasn't got a home lined up yet and there is no way he is going anywhere until I have sorted him (Infact I have already decided to keep him) He is a lovely lively bun that loves snuggling up to you and is very very friendly.
bunnytales
Mama Doe
Awwww bless - must drive them bonkers, all that itching - Hope your bunny gets better soon and you eventually find a lovely home for him.
Awww Phil, he is lovely he is very similar to Samson & Delilah (fluffy I mean) well I think he is as the girl I picked him up off has tried to de matt him and what a botch she has made he looks bald in places I will take a pic he looks like he has been severely severly neglected (bless him)
Well I am taking him to the Vets in a hours time so wish the poor little bunster well as I am actually a bit wary as the rescue he came from use my Vets so I know there would probably have been good reason for the rescues decision. The girl who took him in from them doesn't really know about rabbits, and she hasn't been working at the rescue very long. I think she as just thought 'I will take him as I know Kay will take him'.
Jettychops
Alpha Buck
Kay, hope it goes okay (what's this little chap's name)
Love the Jetty Clan.
Love the Jetty Clan.
Jettychops
Alpha Buck
That's a cool name, Ruddie
Love and snuggles from Jet
Love and snuggles from Jet
Jettychops
Alpha Buck
Aw thanks Kay, I keep looking at all your rescue bunnies, I'll just have to come blind folded though or else I'll be wanting to take them all
Stephen am sure will keep me in check
Hope all went well this evening, Ruddie's story has really touched us.
Love the Jetty Clan (ally and stephen)
Stephen am sure will keep me in check
Hope all went well this evening, Ruddie's story has really touched us.
Love the Jetty Clan (ally and stephen)
