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Thank you all.

I checked my other rabbits ears and didn’t see anything. Also they are not itching their ears.

I feel so bad because I can tell he is hurting 😞

If the rabbits are very young (I’m guessing based on your other post), they will need to be separated at puberty and neutered. It’s very likely they will start fighting when they hit puberty (around 12 weeks of age), as babies cannot form true bonds. Once they are neutered you can go through the bonding process with them. You can read about the…[Read more]

Ok thank you guys. I’m very happy to hear I didn’t cause the death. He was eating the Same pellets I gave him so I guess he was sick. I felt pretty bad for him but now I have 2 more. They are both healthy and have been well. I have been feeding a lot of hay and very little pellets with some veggies for treats. Thanks for the help!

I’m very sorry this happened. 🙁

Although not the recommended type of pellet, the timothy pellets are probably what he was eating before you got him. So I’m going to guess that there was something else wrong. As Dana said, young bunnies are very susceptible to parasites like coccidia. It takes awhile to incubate, so it would make sense that you…[Read more]

Topical treatments are relatively inexpensive. But yes, you’ll probably want to be proactive and treat all your bunnies. Ear mites can be transferred by other materials, they don’t necessarily have to have direct contact.

It’s hard to tell from the pictures, but I agree that it looks like it could be ear mites. Regardless, I would not try to…[Read more]

My understanding is this this pleural effusion, not pneumonia. Pleural effusion is when fluid builds in the pleural space outside of the lungs. At least that is what it sounded like from your initial description and the medication that was prescribed.

How are things now? Has there been any improvement?

I’m very sorry for your loss of your bunny. 🙁 He was very young, so there are a lot of things that could have gone wrong. It’s possible he wasn’t weaned correctly or was taken from his mother too young. Large shifts in diet can also cause issues. He also could have had coccidea, a parasite which causes diarrhea and is often fatal in baby bunnies.…[Read more]

Sometimes they can have them and not have symptoms for a long time, or it could have come from the other buns, it’s very contagious.

No, the treatment is not expensive, they will likely have you just treat all of your buns with Revolution.

I am not a vet, so I’m not saying it’s 100% ear mites. Just saying it looks like it could be, so I wouldn’t…[Read more]

How would he get ear mites when he is an indoor bunny.

We have 2 other bunnies downstairs and completely away from him with no contact.

Is the treatment expensive

That looks like it could be the start of ear mites. It can be very painful so I would not recommend trying to remove anything. Best to wait till Friday and get the mite treatment from your vet. Standard treatments are topical ivermectin or selamectin based products, such as Revolution.

I am very sorry.

Since she’s gotten worse you should contact your vet. The furosemide dosage could be too low or the problem could be so grave that a diuretic like furosemide makes very little difference.

For any invasive procedure the odds are of course better if the rabbit is in reasonably good condition.