I got my bunny Panda a few weeks ago, I suspect he’s a lionhead/angora mix (pet shop didn’t know his breed) and he’s about 2-3 months old. Upon bringing him home from the pet shop, I noticed the tips of his ears were coated in a brown, thick crust. I checked his ear canal for more crusts, but his ear canal is spotless, it’s very clean. Also note: he was EXTREMELY thin & suffering from malnutrition when I first bought him, the pet store fed him nothing but pellets (and pellets for adult rabbits too!). My father suspects the crusts are because other rabbits might’ve nipped his ears, but they don’t look like ordinary scabs to me.

I thought they may be ear mites, but from all the research I’ve done and experience I’ve had with a few of my other rabbits, ear mites always seem to be inside the ear, and not on the tip.

Could ear mites possibly infect the tip of a rabbits ears, and not the canal??
If not, then what could it possibly be??

I will post a picture of his ears soon.