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Drooping ear

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Question
hi......i've got 6 3 month old bunnies.....last day one ear of a bunny drooped.....but the other is straight....i was worried about this as previously my new bunnies hd the same problem and afterwards got diarrhoea and died.....

Is drooping of ears a symptom of disease??now 2 more of my bunnies have drooped ears too......

Answer
Generally drooping ears is absolutely nothing to be concerned about. It is just caused by lack of control over the ear. Some rabbits drop one ear then the other, some only ever drop one ear, and some only drop them at times but hold them upright at other times. 3 months old is a pretty normal time for rabbits with lack of ear control to start dropping their ears, too. As long as there are no other signs of anything abnormal, I would not be worried.