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04-04-2012, 06:27 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker | HELP with ears please!!!! I have a 9 month old female yorkie who had beautiful erect ears!! Then all of a sudden one of her ears flopped over and caved in. It is shaved, and I tried taping it for a while, gave her calcium, but nothing works. I don't understand this, because I thought the ear cartlidge was set at 6 months, so why would it do this now. Her sister's ears never stood, and her Mom's ears don't stand. Any help out there??? |
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04-04-2012, 06:38 AM | #2 |
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| Oh wow I have never heard of that before, so i cant be of any help, but I am going to watch this to see what it could be, because I have never heard of that before! Sorry it happened to your fur-baby |
04-04-2012, 07:11 AM | #3 |
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| If her moms and sisters ears don't stand it maybe in her genetics to have floppy ears it may be something about how the ears are.
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04-04-2012, 07:22 AM | #4 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| It is not uncommon for erect ears to flop over when these babies teethe....are her ears good and clean, no infection....are they clipped (top 1/3rd)....it could be genetic...."thick" ear leather....but if they were already up and now they are down, I dont honestly know....I think I would rule out the other issues I mentioned, and then I would tape them to see if you can get them back up. |
04-04-2012, 07:26 AM | #5 | |
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A vet told a friend of mine that you can add a little Knox unflavored gelatin to a puppy's diet and that will help bring the ears up. I've not tried it but my friend said it helped her puppy.
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04-04-2012, 08:02 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Talker | Thanks everyone No, her ears are clean, no infection, no scratching etc. I have them taped again, but doubt it will due any good. I was reading online where it says some dogs have a crease in their ear that will cause it to droop. She does have a crease now, I just don't understand why it happened all of a sudden. I am giving her 1/4 of a CA pill everyday now too. |
04-04-2012, 12:10 PM | #7 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| Gosh.....maybe it is just me, but I am a little worried about the calcium pill for this....there are many metabolic things regulated by calcium/potassium balance...like heart beat, for example.....did your vet recommend calcium for floppy ears? I would run that past the doc..... |
04-04-2012, 12:44 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Wisconsin
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| When Jasper was teething his ears would flop over. They came back up after that and at around 8 months of age he went through a second round of teething and they flopped over again. They came back up and haven't flopped over since. I was kinda hoping he would have the floppy ears because I think they're so cute! |
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