Do you have to clean your rabbits ears?

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- 12/31/2011 at 10:52 AM
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  If you do, how?
- 12/31/2011 at 10:58 AM
  KytKattin
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  I always check mine when I brush and do nails, but they are (thankfully) always super clean! For my dog, who does get just a touch of wax, I use a cotton swab to gently pull the wax towards me. You just have to be careful not to push anything deeper into the ear canal, which I imagine would be more likely to happen on a rabbit ear than a dog ear. Others who have rabbits that get ear problems will be able to better answer your question though.
- 12/31/2011 at 11:10 AM
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  Yeah, I never really faced this issue with Nava. She keeps her ears nice and clean. My dogs have gross ears though, Dharma because she has floppy ears and gets infections from it if I don’t clean them a lot, and Philly because some jerk cropped his ears and he has nothing to protect them, so he gets a lot of junk in them.
  
  I use pet cleaner and cotton balls for the dogs and gently swab them out how KyKattin explained it.
- 12/31/2011 at 3:21 PM
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  I actually know a dog that I am constantly battling ear infections with, but I just don’t know if the meds and cleaners I use on him are safe for rabbits. If it is super dirty, take the rabbit into the vet. Head tilt for rabbits is a lot more deadly than it is for dogs and you want to prevent it at all costs.
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