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Vibes for Rodney

Rodney has been doing OK on his meds over the weekend.

Is his usual cheeky self and his appetite is much better and output too.

But I've noticed he's letting one of his ears droop into helicopter mode when he's relaxing. It's the one that drooped badly last time he had an iv but that was in Jan.

I've not dealt with ear issues before, could this be an infection or EC?

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I'm glad Rodney is doing better now.

I wouldn't rule out the possibility of an ear infection. It might explain his recent episode. Is he scratching his ear and shaking his head a lot? Is he tilting his head or leaning more to one side?

The only reason I ask is that one of my buns does have an ear infection and is doing all of the above. Plus the affected ear does droop a fair bit.

Might be worth getting it checked out by the vet if he continues doing it. If there is an infection they'll be able to see the discharge when they look into his ear.

I really hope Rodney doesn't have an ear infection or EC.
 
If he is only drooping his ear when sleeping and he is not scratching it or shaking his head a lot it is less likely to be an ear infection. That said it would be worth getting his ears checked out by your Vet to err on the side of caution.
 
Rodders says, ‘ Nope, I am not about to nibble the cushion. Just licking it, honest !! ‘ :lol:

The Vet probably did use an ear vein to obtain some blood for a blood glucose
 
That makes sense. He has a note on his file asking them to not use his ear veins because he took so long to recover from it last time.

I will remind them next time (although fingers crossed there won't be one)

He loves these cushions and will spend forever grooming/nibbling them if I let him [emoji1787]

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