Help! a big chunk of ear is missing off my rabbit, why is it doing this?

Is it normal for a rabbit to jump and pee for self deffence?

-- Steve Hill (ukph@edsamail.com.ph), May 14, 2001

Answers

Response to Chunk of ear missing

i'm not a vet but it sounds like mike tysonitis.

sorry couldn't resist,i do that alot fred

-- fred in wi (sixuvusmeyers@aol.com), May 14, 2001.

Response to Chunk of ear missing

Is it a male rabbit? They spray sometimes, it's a guy thing, not really in self defence but in showing off! Don't know about the ear, is another buck next to it in the cage or something? They could be fighting.

-- Cindy in KY (solidrockranch@hotmail.com), May 14, 2001.

The ear could have been from anything. Sharp edge, neighbor's dog, raccoon, can't tell unless more information. Did it happen during the day, at night, did you find the missing piece?

Yes, rabbits are stinkers and will pee at you to keep you away. I think it is friendlier then them growling and scratching or biting.

-- Dee (gdgtur@goes.com), May 14, 2001.