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Originally Posted by Adi-and-Missy  I just want to thank everyone for their great advice! I am now armed with Nutiva, Calendula ointment and children's benadryl.
Missy's doing a lot better. Scrathcing and rubbing her ears on the carpet is way down. She still does it but not very often Don't know if this is just normal scratching or still because of the irritation. I'm still nervous because she's almost back to her normal self but not quite. She's eating, but not as much as usual. She's still as energetic as ever though!!  I've been using the coconut oil on her belly and the belly scratching is almost gone! Where she drew blood is drying up. Her ears are not pink at all until she scratches or rubs them!  And then they stay pink for soooo long. I will try the Celendula on her ears today and see if that helps.
Again, thank you all for your help! I seriously don't know what I would do without you all and YT. Sometimes you just need more than what your Vet tells you, ya know? |
I would not put calendula on the ears it is for burns only - you can use the coconut oil as some use this for an ear cleaner but put a little on cotton ball and gently wipe the ears - i think she might have an ear infection so if it continues have them swab the ears and check for yeast or bacteria infection - the benedryl will not help for an infection- it will only help from an allergic reaction to combat the histamine release in the body
what happens is they itch which releases the histamines so the more they itch the worse it gets like when you scratch a mosquito bite the more you itch the more itchy it gets same effect so i have to hold dd walk her in my arms get her to calm down when she gets an itchy attack or have her lay on my lap until she calms down and that helps alot