My dog keep scratching her ear and she has made it sore and scabby not sure if i should take her to the vets or see how she gets on? Please only proper advice.
Thanks xxx
2006-09-11 04:14:08 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
She is eating fine and her is normal and she is still full of life. It's just her ear!!
2006-09-11 04:14:51 · update #1
Yes you should take her to the vet! She may have an ear infection!
If she has floppy ears, that fold down, she may be prone to them. If she got wet from a bath or swimming, the water gets trapped down there and yeast and bacteria grow. Not to worry take her to the Vet they will look down there and possably take a sample of it to see which antibiotic will work the best. You will have to clean her ears out daily mabe twice daily with the stuff they give you, and medicate the ears. You should be go to go !!
Good Luck!
ps just in case they forget to tell you: do not use q tips in the ears! When cleaning use your finger and a cotton ball!
2006-09-11 04:24:02 · answer #1 · answered by mlara1222 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like she might have ear-mites. It's good that she's in good health, but if you leave things alone, you risk that she will tear the skin through scratching and get an infection. If I were you I'd take her to the vet - it must be driving her (and you) mad. She prbably just needs a course of ear drops.
2006-09-11 04:20:00 · answer #2 · answered by Felida 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my dogs is bothered with ear troubles, it can be a number of things like a build up of sweat in the ear, especially in the summer if they have hairy ears inside, you can buy wipes from a pet shop and clean them daily, mites in the ears, simple drops from a pet shop will kill them but make sure they say they kill mites or finally ear ache, if they scratch there ear a lot and when walking or relaxing droop the troubled ear you need veterinary advice and prescribed an ear drop with pain relief. You must sort this quickly as perforated eardrums can happen if ignored.
2006-09-11 04:37:05 · answer #3 · answered by jaynie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably has ear mites or an infection. Is she a long eared dog? My Afghan Hound gets alot of ear trouble. Take her to the vet and get a cleansing solution and an antibiotis cream for her.
2006-09-11 04:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by bad_bob_69 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dog has seither ticks in the ear(and you can see those by looking) or ear mites.. I would suspect ear mites. Generally, one can tell if it is ear mites because by observing the inside of the ear, one might see a black gooey stuff and if this is there, for sure you have ear mites... Go and get a GOOD ear mite stuff that you can squirt inside the ear.. YOu will probably have to do that a few times... as indicated on the bottle of ear mite spray
2006-09-11 04:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh poor thing. She may have a tick or it could be wax build up. My dog did the same thing with her ears. I looked inside and seen the wax build up. Take her to the vet as soon as possible. In the meantime try to keep her from scratching it'll make it worse.
2006-09-11 05:57:24 · answer #6 · answered by Macey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check her ear deep down with a torch to make sure yopur dog doesn't have a dirty ear. Then inspect for fleas, if everything's clear and she carries on scratching, tell your vet.
2006-09-11 07:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by Hanni S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She might have mites and is itching it raw.
Check for them this way. Take a q-tip and put it in the dogs ear (only go straight down!!!). (Yes this is safe. The vet told me to do this.)
If it comes out brown and gross (and smells) she has mites. You need to go to the pet store (or even the vet) to get mite medicine.
Once the mites are gone she won't scratch.
2006-09-11 05:01:44 · answer #8 · answered by Laura 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably either ear mites or a yeast infection - until you can take her to the vet, put drops of rubbing alcohol in her ears - this is what my vet advised, they don't hurt the dog, and it's a super-cheap treatment. I do this regularly now, and my dog's ear problems have cleared up completely.
2006-09-11 04:22:32 · answer #9 · answered by woodlands127 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She may have an ear infection or ear mites. My Lab gets ear infections frequently, but to lessen the times he gets them we always clean his ears and we have an antibiotic ointment from the vet. I would take her to the vet to find out what it is actually first, my Lab actually gets more yeast infections in his ear from swimming but my Pit Bull gets infections that he needs to go on an oral antibiotic. I would also go to the vet before it gets worse or she damages or causes a secondary infection from scratching.
2006-09-11 05:08:04 · answer #10 · answered by TritanBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋