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04-04-2008, 10:03 AM | #1 |
Mojo, LilyGrace & Me Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cuddling with my babies<3
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| Ear Cleaning....it is easy! A dog and cat's ear canal is shaped differently than our own. A human ear drum is directly across from the opening. Our pets ears are shaped more like an -L- inside of the ear. For this reason we can place our fingers down the canal and clean the ear and the canal without causing trauma to the ear drum itself. ear.jpg The main reason we, as animal owners, want to clean our pets ears are because they are dirty or they smell bad. Before you begin to clean the ear, you may want to call your vet first. Odor in the ear can be a sign of an infection, in which case your pet will need medications and not just cleaning. A dirty ear can be a sign of ear mites, or infection; again needing medications. For infected ears, your vet may recommend an ear flushing with an auriflush system. This system gets to the deep part of the canal and flushes water into it and sucks it out at the same time. This get to the areas of the ears that our fingers cannot access. This flushing is then followed with a 7-10 day course of medication (without at home cleaning). Your pet is then requested to return after the 7-10 days for another flushing. Based on the appearance of the ears at this time, you may only need to clean the ears as needed, with no further treatment necessary. If your veterinarian has prescribed you an ear cleaner and has recommended you to clean the ears then the following information should help you. If you are ever concerned about cleaning the ears, please bring your pet in for the technicians to clean. FIRST: Squirt some cleaner on a cotton ball (Q-tip) and wipe out the ear canal. Wipe out the ear tip. Continue this process until the cotton balls are clean and the ear appears clean. If you squirt the cleaner in the ear it is VERY important that you wipe out ALL excess liquid. For this reason we recommend to use the cleaner on a cotton ball and not directly into the ear canal. SECOND: Holding the ear tip up, apply the prescribed medication directly into the opening of the ear canal. THIRD: Rub the base of the ear so the medication gets into the bend of the canal. If you have any questions or hesitations about cleaning the ear, please do not hesitate to call your veterinarian.
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04-04-2008, 10:18 AM | #2 |
Love My Li'l Lucy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Southern California
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| Great infomation. Thanks for posting!
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04-07-2008, 01:47 PM | #3 |
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| Thank you for the information! |
04-07-2008, 02:35 PM | #4 |
Mojo, LilyGrace & Me Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cuddling with my babies<3
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| You are welcome! My vet walked me thru ear cleaning and sent this to me....because a while back, LilyGrace had some ear problems. I just thought it was great info!
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04-07-2008, 03:45 PM | #5 |
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10-23-2008, 04:03 PM | #6 |
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| Ear infection? whenever I put ear cleaner I smell a bad odor coming out of Coco's ears .Do you think it could be a ear infection ? |
10-23-2008, 08:52 PM | #7 |
Lovin' My LilBug! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kentucky
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| If you do the method of putting like a drop or 2 of the ear cleaner directly into the ear and possibly don't get it all out, can that cause an ear infection? I do Lilly's like that because that's how the bottle says to do it . Now I feel bad as she's been shaking her head a lot (like a dog would do if they were trying to fix their ear), rubbing her sides of her face on the floor & also sometimes scratching at the sides of her face/ears. I took her to the vet and had him check her ears and told him what she was doing and he said they looked fine. I had cleaned them the day before though so I don't know. I'm sooo confused.
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