White crusty scab on outside of ear?

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- 04/17/2013 at 8:50 AM
  BunsMommie
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  I have just noticed that my bun has a white,crusty-looking bump on the outside of one of his ears. It almost looks as if you would be able to just pick it off, but obviously I cant and wont do that! It looks kind of like a wart maybe, and I have researched it and google searched a million times and cannot seem to figure out what it could be. It looks like ringworm more than any other things I have found, but it is much smaller and I dont seem to think its ringworm. Does anyone have suggestions?
- 04/17/2013 at 8:54 AM
  Sarita
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  Could be ear mites too – best to have the vet do an exam to see what they think. It could be a papilloma wart too and that’s not usually a problem.
- 04/17/2013 at 5:05 PM
  BunsMommie
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  Ok, thank you so much for the help.
  
  When I google ear mites or even the papilloma warts it doesn’t look anything like what is on his ear. It would probably be best for me to post a picture so people can see what I am talking about, so I will do that tomorrow.
  
  Thanks again for your help.. I will go to the vet.
- 04/17/2013 at 6:56 PM
  RabbitPam
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  Good, I think it’s best to go to the vet as well. Better to have the vet see it in person than anyone taking a guess from a photo here. Especially if it’s not like pix you’ve seen on the internet already. You don’t want it to go untreated, whatever it is, and we cannot do that.
- 04/17/2013 at 7:21 PM
  BunsMommie
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  So true, I kept googling things to try and get an idea of what it might be just so I had an idea of what maybe I could do to help him, but I wasnt having any luck in figuring it out. After seeing pictures and what people have been saying of all the painful and serious things that it actually could be, I am just going to take him to the vet as soon as I can and have them take care of it. Plus I also want to catch it early and before its too late to do anything about it. I would hate to have this turn into a serious issue and then think back of how I didnt take any action early on. Thank you for the advice!
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