Removing hair from inside ears
Thanks for the information Lisa and Frankie |
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| If you don't get it out, it can clog up the ear canal and cause infections, even actually turning into mats inside the ear. How often you do it can depend on the dog and how much hair grows/how fast. I do Owen's every time he has a bath, which is about every 10-14 days right now. He doesn't have much since I do it so often. He seems to kind of enjoy it and makes these little grunty noises. Clyde hates having it done and doesn't get much hair so he gets it far less often-- maybe once every 6 weeks. I do, however, trim the hair outside really short to get air flow going. Definitely get some ear powder. It makes the whole process easier on both dog and person since you can get a better grip and move much faster. Each pull is more productive. I used to be a big baby about doing it but now I don't mind at all. |
| When needed, ear powder is the way to go with pulling the hair from the Canal, does not hurt them then and makes it very simple just using your fingers, helps for grip and sort of makes the ear hair brittle for easy plucking. Bio-groom has a good one so do a lot of other brands. Now because you have had problems with doing anything around his ears, start by just puffing the powder into the ear canal. While he is relaxed just start by using your fingers and just one or two pulls to start with. Ease up to a full pluck as he gets use to it and it is not hurting him and taking it all ok then you should after a little while be able to do the lot in one go. All this provided firstly his ear infection is well and truly cleared. Also the powder keeps the canals dry so stops moisture building up there and bacteria blooming. Wonderfull stuff. |
| I had to stop having the hair pulled out of Violet's ears. I made this decision with her Vet. She kept getting ear infections. I haven't had the hair removed in years now and she hasn't had a problem. I do however clean her ears out with a wash cloth every week. |
| See thats what happened to Frankie, he got the hair pulled out when he had his surgery. Then he got an ear infection 3 days later. So I wasn't sure if I really had to remove it. Lisa and Frankie |
| Ask your vet whether applying an ear antibiotic like Mometamax immediately after plucking the ears might help to prevent ear infections due to bacteria. You may need to do it for a couple of days. Mine recommended it for... Panda? Quote: Bio-groom has a good one so do a lot of other brands. That powder is great! |
| We've gone back and forth on the ear-hair plucking thing with Bert. he is very prone to ear infections, and according to our vet, the hair that mats and causes the worst of the infections is down to deep for us to safely pull. Our other sheepie doesn't have this problem at all, and I do pluck her ears, but with Bert it seems to just make things worse. He just (this week) had to be put under at the vets and have all the hair pulled (clear down to the drum!), and his ears cleaned thoroughly, and meds to prevent inflammation from the hair pulling. |
Yeowwww! Hair clean down to the ear drum, no wonder he has to be put under that would hurt.  I agree it can be a try it and see situation with these sorts of things. My dalmo was prone to ear infections until I noticed that when I implemented a strick cleaning regime with epiotic he got more frequent infections. My vet was dubious but said I could try using diluted malaseb to clean his ears. Not one single infection to date and I would have expected about 3 by now.   So it appears that something about the epiotic was irritating Rastus's ears. |
| when i first got billy, i couldnt go near his ears, he was 1 year old rescue. i tried alsorts, i ended up taking him to the collage with me where i trained. he stood on the table good as gold while she removed loads of hair. after that i just did little and often till it was finally gone. now he tells me when he wants his ears doing as he rubs them on me, which is about every 2 weeks. but i also groom a sheepie who has no ear care at all, it comes in twice a year, he has a huge ball of hair which basically comes out in one, he stands there so good and when its out gives me a good lick to say thanks! |
| Ok, So I found the bio groom powder today at my pet store. Frankie actually let me put it in both ears. I'll try that for a few times to get his trust. Can I use it every day? Lisa and Frankie |
| To start off with just puff a little and just pluck a few hairs and as he allows it do some more the next day. Finally when all the hair is clear in the canal just use roughly about once a month depending on how fast the hair grows in the ears. I have one I do fornightly another maybe once a month. At the moment yes everyday is fine till all the hair is gone, dont do too much at once just a small puff and just a little pluck here and there over a few days, I think you will find he will enjoy it, does not hurt them and mine actually groan with delight when doing there ears with the powder. Best wishes and lets know how he goes with the ear maintenance. |
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