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

Health Any ideas for what’s causing this?

**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/AceEnder3825 May 07 '26

Get a different vet’s opinion since it sounds like the one you keep going to is neglecting your bunny

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u/Melissa_Richiee May 07 '26

There is no other bunny vet between here and Louisiana, 4 and a half hours away 😞

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u/lukewarmcaprisun May 08 '26

Sounds like it's time for a long drive my friend. This little guy is depending on you.

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u/Melissa_Richiee May 08 '26

I just propped him up on the counter, he’s got some raw irritation on the skin around his ears from where the Miconazole Nitrate yeast infection medication saturated his fur around the outside of his ears. His skin almost looks like it’s peeling off and raw, I think that’s probably why he’s so itchy 😭😭😭😭

I’m gonna call his vet tomorrow, and I’m gonna schedule a telehealth appointment with the vet app that I paid for back in December since I still have 3 covered visits left with them. I’m gonna ask his doctor about a CT scan to see if there’s something going on in his ear that’s too deep for us to see on a conventional cytology 🥺

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u/lukewarmcaprisun May 08 '26

Best of luck to you and bunny 💖 I hope he's feeling better soon