Sammyj Ears, was like scratching them

[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??

[Vette]

After plucking Kirbys ears.. he always shakes his head and scraches at his ears. its normal because plucking hurts and just causes disconfort period. but doesnt mean that his ears are dirty. ive only had to clean Kirbys ears out once since ive recued him.

but plucking is for our dogs benifit. its better then ear infections,, which id say is way more painful then plucking is.


you could try doing what i do after i pluck my dogs ears.
is to give him a bath or play with him to distrack him from his sore ears for a few minutes. that always helps.

[caseysmom]

I don't know how to tell if they are dry after you put warm water in, I actually wouldn't do that, my vet told me to keep water out of caseys ears when I bathe her so I am thinking water in there is a no no.

The solution to clean them has a drying agent so it is different than water, it makes the ear canal lower on moisture, moisture can cause bacteria to grow.

[k9krazee]

Micki just has extremely dirty ears and I have to clean them a lot. I just use a cotton ball, when he starts itching more than normal I know its time to clean out his ears.