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American Standard Chinchilla Rabbit

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Question
My rabbit, who is an American Standard Chinchilla mix, is near 8 pounds, and is about 7 1/2 to 8 years old has a testicle problem. I don't know what it is and I can't afford to take him to the vet, but I am very worried. On his right testicle, he has 3 little, blackish brown, oblong, hard balls stuck inside the outer layer of skin, poking outward. I pulled on one and it is not coming out anytime soon, like it's stuck in there with crazy glue. But these things can be scratched and damaged. And on the other testicle there is none of those, but there is a perfectly white, round, hard as a rock, ball completely under his skin. They don't seem to hurt him. But he's so lazy I can't tell if they give him any other problems. He eats well and drink well and gets excited if let out on the ground... I don't know what they are... I'm worried that they might be some kind of cancer or tumor or something. The only health problem Bruce (that's his name) has ever had is an ear infection and it has been cured and never returned, it's been years ago. Please Help!

Answer
Unfortunately Brittney, I know next to nothing about rabbits, which is why I posted that in my profile about not answering questions about them.

I suggest you contact someone in here on the rabbit forum but better yet, you should have a vet look at them. Most likely someone in here that is familiar with rabbits can tell you what they are and if they are normal. It sounds like they are hard little balls of fecal material that have worked into the skin, or large blackheads from the pores becoming enlarged.

Whatever they might be, you need to ask someone that knows about rabbits.
Here is the link to the rabbit experts:

http://www.allexperts.com/el/Rabbits/

Sorry I can't be of more help.