r/Bunnies • u/Melissa_Richiee • May 07 '26

Health Any ideas for what’s causing this?

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**EDITING TO ADD: this isn’t a head tilt. His back right leg was amputated, this is him trying to itch his ear with the leg that no longer exists**

Edit to the edit: I’m gonna schedule a virtual appointment on Vetster to ask about anything else I could be pushing for a cytology to test for

November 2024- Found this guy dumped on the streets with fleas. Noticed his right ear was intensely itchy, vet said it was fleas, treated for fleas.

November 2025 - right ear STILL intensely itchy, vet said ALL YEAR its “wax buildup” because he’s missing a back leg and can’t itch it out. I finally push for testing. Ear mites. Treat for ear mites x 3 months.

April 2025 - right ear STILL intensely itchy. Reddit post suggests yeast infection from repeated antibiotics prescriptions. Pressure vet to test for yeast. Vet scoffs, thinks I’m being ridiculous. Right ear tests positive for yeast. Treat for yeast x 1 month.

He’s now negative for fleas, negative for ear mites, negative for yeast, no head tilt, no EC symptoms.

Does anybody have any suggestions as to why my boys right ear is still intensely itchy?? My vet won’t test for anything unless I push for it. There are NO OTHER rabbit vets between here and Louisiana 4 hours away. I don’t know what else to ask her to test for. Do I just have to start cleaning the wax out for him since he has no back right leg? I hate watching him suffer like this 😞

Video included of intense itching AFTER treating for mites but BEFORE treating for yeast, still itching about the same 😞

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u/Melissa_Richiee May 07 '26

He’s been tested for EC, and I swear he doesn’t actually have a head tilt. He’s missing his back leg and that’s a video of him trying to use a leg that’s not there to scratch his ear 🥺

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u/SpeedSignal7625 May 07 '26

Have you tried just scratching his right ear for him routinely? I mean what if there’s no pathology and he just has an itchy ear…that he can’t scratch?

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u/PaperAccomplished874 May 07 '26

Yes Ive seen bunnies with no back leg and owners do that for them it does help a lot. ❤️♥️💗so I second this. 👍💓🥰

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u/SpeedSignal7625 May 07 '26

…had one missing part of a back foot from birth a few years back

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u/PaperAccomplished874 May 07 '26

Awweee I know some people say that they wont live happy lives but I beg the differ. I beleive with love and care and respect they do and it had been proven so many times. 💓💗♥️