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05-10-2009, 09:00 AM | #1 |
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| Truman's ears So I am sure you all know the story of Truman and I have to say he really looks great except his ears....... When he first came home to me his ears were very infected and he also has a growth in his left ear which was removed. His hair on his body looks great, shiny and very think all the mats are gone. The anal gland adenoma has even gone away since his neuter and the hair has even starting to grow back across the bridge of his nose so that is not even a problem any longer. *But his ears pretty much no hair on the lower half, have a slight scaling and along the edges he grows little fluffs of fuzz that I can pull off easily with my fingers. I haven't had him back to the vet recently and before I take him again I was wondering if this could be leather ear? I have heard about this before but never have seen it or how it is treated. Any suggestions or input would be wonderful! I do need to stop at the vets tomorrow to pick up his meds and plan to ask but wanted a little info before I go.
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05-12-2009, 06:16 AM | #2 |
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| I come to this board all the time and offer advice and help as much as I possibly can. Hardly ever do I post any questions or concern about any of my pets and always try to be as helpful as I possibly can be. I cannot believe that 30 people looked at my post and not 1 person could respond with any type of advice! That just SUCKS!
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05-12-2009, 06:19 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I am just seeing this sorry. I'm not sure what leather ear looks like but when my pom got what you described on her neck it was bacterial infections fron her low immine system. Antibiotics helped clear it up. Hope Truman's is something minor.
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05-12-2009, 06:22 AM | #4 |
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| From what Ive read about leather ear it is rough and scaly with loss of hair.
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05-12-2009, 06:50 AM | #5 | |
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I'm so sorry!! I confess to being one of those who read your post and didn't respond (I don't know anything about leather ear). I was actually just checking in this morning to see what the vet said! {hugs}
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05-12-2009, 07:09 AM | #6 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | What was the infection he had in his ears that you treated? I don't know what to make of it...is it "oily" where the scales are, or dry? Is there a smell? This is the derm. I went to for the boys - if you click on FAQs - you will see actual patient cases along with *very* helpful pictures...maybe this will help you i.d. something: Dermatology Clinic for Animals
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05-12-2009, 07:26 AM | #7 | |
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The way the vet explained his ear infection was just from lack of dental hygiene and infection in his teeth. This was months ago and his inner ear has totally cleared up. He had skin breakdown from his matted coat and that has healed as well with a second topical and oral antibiotic treatment about a month ago. It wasn't until his last grooming that I really noticed that his ear hair was not coming in like the rest of his coat but oddly around the edges it was growing. But I am able to easily pull this growth out in clumps. His ears are a little scaly but I would not say that is it is oily. He has hair at the top of his ears but toward the bottom half there just isn't any real hair growth almost like peach fuzz. I believe that I read somewhere that if they have the large patch of missing hair across the bridge of their nose that this is also a sign of a fungal infection but I have nothing else to go on but believe they are related to each other. The missing nose hair is now growing back very nicely but the ear hair is not. I wasn't able to get him into the vet yesterday. My relatively new car was in the shop AGAIN without air conditioning. I am going there in a little while and hopefully get some answers.
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05-12-2009, 07:45 AM | #8 |
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| Its the first time I'm seeing this, I hope you find a answer about Trumans ears. I don't know what leather ear looks like.... so sorry I am absolutely no help here, but can offer support. I hope that helps a little
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05-12-2009, 07:47 AM | #9 | |
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You could ask for a fungal culture (takes 10-14 days) - and he could also look at a sample/smear under scope. The Derm. told me that ALL skin issues can only fall into 2 categories: allergies -or- secondary to illness. Do you think it was allergy related...ie, had he been scratching at those ears?
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05-12-2009, 08:03 AM | #10 | |
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05-15-2009, 08:09 PM | #11 |
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| Hi. Sorry I don't know Truman's story .. I am concerned with the flaking/scaling on the edges of his ears. My vet said she found where Yorkies are prone to getting Scabies and it starts just along the edges of the ears. In a dog that was so severely stressed, that would be suspect. Can easily be tx'd with Revolution, which I believe is safer to do than weekly toxic dips. Sometimes skin scrapings miss the critters.
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05-16-2009, 07:00 AM | #12 | |
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