The other day I noticed the inner edge of my rabbit Phoebe’s ear was red with some yellow crusty pieces dried on. She was holding her ear down against her neck/back instead of it standing straight up like usual. The next day she saw the vet, who said it looks like she must’ve gotten a scratch/abrasion on her ear, which got infected. Fortunately her inner/middle ear looks perfect, and they are not concerned with this spreading there. The vet decided since they were pretty sure the infection is either bacterial or fungal, to give me some Nolvasan antiseptic liquid to clean her ear with twice a day. She was also given a shot of Ivermectin while at the vet on the very slim chance that this was a flea/mite/other parasite issue (although the vet does not believe that’s the case). The vet said to clean her ear twice a day for two weeks and if it hadn’t improved, we will bring her back to have a skin scraping and cultures done to find out what exactly this is and how to treat it.

Has anyone had any experience using Nolvasan as a treatment before? If so, how long did you use it before noticing results? Phoebe is currently 4 days into treatment, and while a lot of the yellow crusty pieces are falling off now and not coming back, the area is still looking very red. Do these types of antiseptic cleaners take a while to show results? Fortunately Phoebe is eating, playing, and pooping totally normal right now. She is still holding her ear down, so I know it has to be bothering her a certain amount, which makes me feel absolutely terrible. Just curious if I’m expecting results too soon and being impatient, or there’s a good chance this is not the right treatment for whatever she has.

Thank you all!