To be honest, I would ask the vet to show you how best to do this and what products to use. You can further damage his ears by causing any waxy buildup to get stuck down further in his ear canal….especially if you are considering using a q-tip, those are the worst thing for cleaning ears if you don’t know what you are doing.

I would at least consult your vet first. Our pug has really bad ears and is prone to yeast infections because of it. The vet gave us a drop solution that we put in his ears. The purpose of it is to loosen all the wax and it pushes it to the outer ear so you can clean it. The problem with just cleaning ears without something like it is you can push the wax further in and then they really can’t get it out. If it’s close to the outer ear, just take a q-tip and gently wipe at it.

I also recommend investing in a good veterinary guide. Just go to like borders or barnes and noble and pick one up. Mine has been extremely useful!

Both the shelter I got Pepper from and my vet recommended that I use OtiRinse once every week or two.  It was originally designed for dogs but it’s safe for rabbits.  It helps dry up and loosed the crud than can build up escpecially with lop buns.  I decant it into a smaller bottle so I can warm it a little for her (I tuck it in my bra for a while, or put it in a glass of warm water on the counter for a bit.  Then you put a couple of drops into their ear.  Hold their head while you cound to 10 or so and rub the base of the ear so you know it’s getting down in there.  They let go (and step back) because your bun will shake the liquid out (hopefully with any excess bits as well).

I got a bottle from 1-800-petmeds but you can probably find it elsewhere.  I dont’ do it as often as I used to – more like once a month or so – and I’m still on my first 8 oz bottle.

I can relate with you about ear problems. My lop has had infections for the last year. About 5 or 6 of them. He gets severe wax/pus buildup. I would do as the others suggest and discuss it with your vet first. When I bring my mini-lop to the vet with an infection and build up my vet sometimes flushes his ears with saline and a big syringe that can be put deep in his canal. It usually brings up a lot of stuff.

At home, I clean his ears twice a week with a solution given to me by my vet. It’s called MalAcetic Otic. I fill his ears with the solution, pop a cotton ball in there and thouroughly massage the base of his ears and then wipe it out with another cotton ball. It works pretty well but when he gets a severe build up (which happens occasionally and I assume blocks off his hearing almost completely), I use an ear tool I bought over the internet. It’s made for people and is like a little spoon with an LED light on it, I can go in the canal and dig up the stuff. It’s imperative to be EXTREMELY careful with this tool because the ears are so sensitive and they can bleed if you are too rough. I would also never use this on a bunny who is not likely to sit perfectly still or with a sore-eared rabbit because it might be very uncomftorable for him.

It’s important to keep lops ears clean because if there is a large buildup of wax and debris it’s breeding ground for infections.

I also recommend making sure a vet shows you how to do it. My bunny Bailey had hind leg weakness and could not clean her ears (usually bunnies stick their back foot in there to dig the wax out). She couldn’t even scratch her ears so she would just shake her head to try and relieve the itch. Anyway, I got Opti-Calm cleaning solution from my vet. She showed me specifically how to do it, how much to fill, how to squish the ears at the base to loosen up the wax and then use the cotton swab – she showed me specifically how deep to go. I wouldn’t recommend anyone doing this without a professional showing them how first.

This really helped alleviate Bailey’s ear itchiness which was a huge relief for her.

I think it would be a relief to him to take him in sooner than June. Since he is being watched for his ears anyway, the June appt. may be more to make sure he’s OK now. But from what you describe, he isn’t doing as well as the vet hoped, so an appointment for further treatment is in order. I would let the little guy get looked at this week if you can arrange an appointment. As BB said, get some meds and training while there on how to correctly treat him at home so you can do it after this.