Preventing an ear infection…

[Samicles]

So Nimmy has the pin out of his arm, he’ll be getting the staples and stitches out by Tuesday at the latest. But I’m concerned about his ear, last month he had an inner ear infection and I was prescribed antibiotics. It quickly cleared up and he wasn’t showing any signs of it until this week. He’s been shaking his ears, especially the one that previously had the ear infection. He still can’t quite clean it, though every day he’s getting more use of his arm, I imagine he’ll still be stiff for a while. 

Obviously I’d like to prevent another ear infection, poor bun has been through enough the past few months and I’d like to get him neutered by the middle of November. So with that being said is there some sort of rabbit ear drops I can buy? Or would I need a vet to prescribe them? Looking online I saw some people clean their rabbit’s ears, though I don’t know how safe that is or what product to buy. One person said they used ferret ear cleaner, and obviously I’m hesitant about buying that.. 

[drwil]

Zinc otic solutions can be used in rabbits. They combat microbes and can usually be purchased online.
The rabbit will shake the drops out hopefully getting rid of debris.
Do not try any manual cleaning with cotton swabs they can puncture the eardrum.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Call the vet, it may be a recurrence. Ear infections are very difficult to fix, and you may need to do a super long course of antibiotics to clean it up.

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