please help. i took on my sisters female lop rabbit last November as her new terrier was terrorising it. i put her in a decent sized run with her usual hutch. she eats well, fresh carrots lettuce and her rabbit food everyday and fresh water. she has never been much of a digger till recently. sadly shes not great to handle as she back leg scratches and its pretty painfull to pursue. so shes pretty much left to her own devices happily playing in the garden. in august last year, we brought my little daughter two baby boy rabbits that were in the house till good sized and neutered. in November, we put them in a separate run and hutch close to the female. no real issue. female seemed ok but now runs in circles alot, dig and doesnt seem so happy. i took this as a territory thing? recently (a good month ago), the female escaped and jumped into the boys hutch while i was cleaning every thing out. i then discovered, she was in fact a boy this was very obvious. i havent bothered getting 'him' neutered as he doesnt share a hutch. this afternoon, while feeding the rabbits, i noticed that he was digging alot and seemed to be scratching at his ear. he had also something stuck from his ear. when i had a proper look, i saw that it was a bit of his ear dangling off and he had about a fifth of his ear missing and deep lacerations, some of which had gone right through. some of the lacerations looked pretty old and one ear was much worse than the other. i rushed him straight to the vet. she said it looked like something had attacked him as he also had old scars and cuts to his body. his run is secure though and completely covered. the lacerations have mostly healed well and nothing was needing medical attention. he doesnt have ticks or mites. has anyone ever seen this before? or know what hes doing and why???
thank you so much.
thank you so much.
