Balding on ears

[Dorothy Raymond]

My female rabbit is a year old and is starting to get some balding on her ears, there are no scabs and i didnt see any dry skin either. Does anyone know why she might be losing her fur there? I didnt notice it anywhere else

 

[Preitler]

Hm, one of my does once had bald spots on her ears, turned out that a wooden hidey house es hole was rather small and had rough edges, and this doe obviously didn't care to tuck her ears close when slipping through - the other doe in that hutch had no problem. A little cutting and sanding solved the issue.

 

[Dorothy Raymond]

Hm, one of my does once had bald spots on her ears, turned out that a wooden hidey house es hole was rather small and had rough edges, and this doe obviously didn't care to tuck her ears close when slipping through - the other doe in that hutch had no problem. A little cutting and sanding solved the issue.

She is an indoor rabbit without a top on her cage though, there's nothing she could have dont that on,

 

[JBun]

Rabbits will sometimes have thinner fur on the backside of their ears when it's warmer, as their ears are a cooling mechanism for them. So could possibly be this, or she could be scratching excessively at her ears causing the thinning. If she seems to be scratching at them more than would seem usual, shaking her head a lot, and/or you see any dandruff, or see any scaling, debris, or bad smell in her ears, then it would indicate mites or a possible ear infection, so you would need to get her to your rabbit vet right away to get it checked out.
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Parasitic/furmite/fur_mite.htm
http://medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Parasitic/earmite/Psoroptes.htm
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Neurology/Otit/otitis.htm