ear problem
He also smelled really bad, the groomer plucked the hair from his ears when she shaved him. He had a couple of bathes at the vets also. There was lots of yellowish gunk in his ears when the groomer plucked the hair. I read that some sheepie owners are of the opinion that plucking makes ear problems worst, his ears are not red he just scratches at them and shakes his head alot. Trish |
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| Hi Trish,
Ron and Joan here, Ron doing the typing. Ron: How long ago was the ear plucking? If it was in the last few days, they can be sensitive for a while. Our Jakester shakes for a couple of days after a good plucking. If it's been longer than 4 or 5 days, it sure sounds like an infection to Joan and I. Jake is quite prone to ear infections, so this is a contstant for us, and we have medication at the ready when we "know" it's an infection. Ron: I don't mean to be gross or anything, but we (our vet and us) look at this in t he same way they've been advertising Monistat to women: "first see your doctor, but once you know what the symptoms are you can treat this problem yourself"... Ron: I let Joanie do this next part.... Joan: Sniff the ear(s) and if it smells "badly" or "funky" bring him to the vet. I can't describe the smell better than that. Ron: She seems not to be bothered as much by the smell as I am, I did it once and the stench nearly knocked me off of my feet. I prefer the rub test... If I rub his ears --down by the canal not the floppy part-- and he whines or yelps -- that's a good sign that there's an ear infection, too. But it's probably more advanced at that point than by the sniff test. Joan: I keep the ears clean using an otic solution ("otic cleaner" at the pet store, "oti-clens" at the vet if you want to pay a fortune for the same stuff). I squirt some right into the ear (it's cold, so Jake shakes a little) and rub it in, similar to the way Ron checks for an ear infection. Then I squirt a little more on a cotton ball and push it in pretty good and clean with the cotton ball, being careful not to go TOO deeply. I also remove the wax from the floppy part of the ear with a similarly moistened cotton ball. This really seems to help in keeping ear infections down. Ron and Joan: GOOD LUCK!  |
Hi again, Trish here, Thanks Ron and Joan for your reply, I'm pretty sure that my vet scoped Gabriels ears, when she did his neuter, she knows that a lot of the animals that come from the shelter have mites or at least just very dirty ears. She uses the scope that shows up on the TV screen, I have a scope like the doc. uses to look in human ears and Gabriel's ears are not red, I also did the "sniff and the rub test" and both were negative  . I cleaned his ears last night and poked down as far as I could with the cotton ball, black gunk like mites, just stuff that look like ear wax, and he is not shaking and scratching as bad as he was yesterday, so I going to try cleaning them again until the cotton comes out clean then put ear powder in the ears. Thanks again for the advice and I'm sure you will be hearing from me again.  By the way Gabriel is doing fine gaining weight and having a ball playing with his canine brothers and sisters. 
Trish and Gabriel |
| It's so wonderful that you rescued the baby.
Dogs with allergies often scratch their ears and rub their faces on walls, beds, etc. They may also lick their legs or bite their feet. You might ask your vet about that possibility. Also, it's surprising how many chronic skin, ear, seizure and other problems with OES can be caused by low thyroid. Search the web for +Jean Dodds +thyroid to find some articles. The thyroid panel is about $100. and the best screening lab is either the Univ. of Mich. or Dr. Dodds facility in Calif. called HemoPet. It's worth a try if it comes to a last resort. Good luck and best wishes |
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