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mlkey · 09-16-2006, 12:18 PM

Hi all,

Hope you can help. For the past few days Jess has been shaking her head a lot and scratching her right ear. My wife and I have examined both ears very closely. They both seem nice and clean, no smells, can't see any mites etc. We can see what looks like a very small round red bite mark inside her right ear. Earlier today after she had been shaking her head, we found a dead spider where she had been sitting. Maybe it had got in her ear and bit her? We do a lot of walking in the farm fields where she loves nosing in the bushes so it could be possible she picked one up.

My question is, can we put anything on the mark to ease the itching? Can we put a little antisepic cream on a cotton bud and dab it on? Or what about a cotton bud dipped in salt water? The vets in the UK are not 24/7 where we are and we can tell it is annoying Jess.

All advice gratefully received.

09-16-2006, 12:18 PM	#1
mlkey YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 7	Bitten inside the ear?? Hi all, Hope you can help. For the past few days Jess has been shaking her head a lot and scratching her right ear. My wife and I have examined both ears very closely. They both seem nice and clean, no smells, can't see any mites etc. We can see what looks like a very small round red bite mark inside her right ear. Earlier today after she had been shaking her head, we found a dead spider where she had been sitting. Maybe it had got in her ear and bit her? We do a lot of walking in the farm fields where she loves nosing in the bushes so it could be possible she picked one up. My question is, can we put anything on the mark to ease the itching? Can we put a little antisepic cream on a cotton bud and dab it on? Or what about a cotton bud dipped in salt water? The vets in the UK are not 24/7 where we are and we can tell it is annoying Jess. All advice gratefully received.