neeshkabeesh
Warren Scout
We took our rabbits to the vets this evening for their RHD2 vaccine and I mentioned that I thought Juno had been flicking her head/ears about lately and scratching at them, mainly the right one. It's not the kind of flicking they do as a binky or in excitement, it's definitely a flick like her ear was uncomfortable.
The vet had a feel and both ear bases feel the same and no lumps, although she did react being touched there but she is a huffy flighty thing anyway so we weren't sure if she was moving because she was uncomfortable or just because she didn't like being touched that way. He had a good look down both ears with a scope and couldn't see anything but said he wouldn't be able to see the middle or inner ear just with a scope. He offered an x-ray to see whether she has an abscess forming, or we could wait a day or two as we'd noticed the head flicking and itching only, no other symptoms, and it might be nothing.
Now she is home she has been holding her ear back while the other one is up and normal, so I think all the squeezing and feeling has caused her some pain. Either way it seems like there must be something wrong in her ear(s), despite the lack of any other symptom. I don't understand why x-ray was the first suggested option considering she's had 4 dentals in 12 months so she's had enough anaesthesia, and surely a course of antibiotics or topical drops would be the way to go first?
If she is the same in the morning we'll book another appointment, but is an x-ray really the next course of action?
The vet had a feel and both ear bases feel the same and no lumps, although she did react being touched there but she is a huffy flighty thing anyway so we weren't sure if she was moving because she was uncomfortable or just because she didn't like being touched that way. He had a good look down both ears with a scope and couldn't see anything but said he wouldn't be able to see the middle or inner ear just with a scope. He offered an x-ray to see whether she has an abscess forming, or we could wait a day or two as we'd noticed the head flicking and itching only, no other symptoms, and it might be nothing.
Now she is home she has been holding her ear back while the other one is up and normal, so I think all the squeezing and feeling has caused her some pain. Either way it seems like there must be something wrong in her ear(s), despite the lack of any other symptom. I don't understand why x-ray was the first suggested option considering she's had 4 dentals in 12 months so she's had enough anaesthesia, and surely a course of antibiotics or topical drops would be the way to go first?
If she is the same in the morning we'll book another appointment, but is an x-ray really the next course of action?
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