Sammyj Ears, was like scratching them

[poofy]

all the time. I had a vet tec friend of mine look at them and she cked and siad she thought they just needed cleaning.
So I cleaned them with a q tip and then flushed them with warm water, he hasnt scratched at them since..Is this normal? Do they scartch their ears if they are dirty, his was, im sorry to say I just did this yesterday when I was able to get a ear syrenge that had a safty on it so that It cant go in to far.

[caseysmom]

the vet gave me something to clean casey's ears with, its called c/o or something like that, it has a drying agent, I would be careful using a qtip.

[poofy]

Yes I was very carefull , why a drying agent and how did clean the ears??

[caseysmom]

I would take the ear and gently pull it back, then pour some of the cleaner in and gently rub down where the ear is and you can actually hear it squishing around, then I would put some tissue in her ear to get out the excess....usually she would shake it all out and this would be part of the cleaning.

The drying agent helps keep the moisture level low in their ears...the moisture causes problems, the vet told me to put cotton balls in her ears when I bathe her.

[caseysmom]

You may also want to pull a few hairs out every day too, the hair in the ears can irritate them also.

[poofy]

yes I keep the hairs out, good idea aabout the cotton balls, how can i be sure his ears are dry after I cleaned them with warm water??