Floppy ears come with health issues Krys Bailey / Alamy Stock Photo
Bunnies with floppy ears might look cuter than normal rabbits but they suffer more health problems, a study has found.
“People now need to weigh up whether those cute floppy ears are worth the risk of pain, deafness, and difficulty eating for the rabbit, not to mention the extra vet bills,” says Charlotte Burn at the Royal Veterinary College in the UK, who led the study.
The mutations that make some strains of rabbits lop-eared don’t just affect the ears, say Burn. They alter the shape of…
