Holly's Stinky Ears

[Rae]

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Our little Holls has got manky ears. :x She has always had them (we've had her 14 months) and I clean them with baby wipes as well as I can, but they are really stinky. :x The Vet did give us some solution to use but she hates it and it was a right carry on so I gave up :b

Any tips on what to clean them with or should I not worry?

The odd thing is that the other dogs all clean each other's ears / eyes but no-one cleans Holly's. She is the boss and probably too terrifying to groom (w00t)

 

[Strike Whippets]

Thornit .....its wonderful stuff :thumbsup:

 

[kirislin]

Use what the vet gave you. If it's drops it's natural for a dog to not like it but I assume he diagnosed the problem & gave you the cure. Be tough, grit you teeth & get to it. Better still, get someone else to do it so she'll blame them :lol:

Good Luck :luck:

Linda

 

[Rae]

Use what the vet gave you.  If it's drops it's natural for a dog to not like it but I assume he diagnosed the problem & gave you the cure.  Be tough, grit you teeth & get to it.  Better still, get someone else to do it so she'll blame them :lol: Good Luck :luck:

Linda

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It had some fancy name on the expensive bottle but it seemed just like saline water to me......

I'll have to go back and get some more as I threw it out. :b I'll get Gaz to put them in...well he IS better qualified than me as he is a nurse.... :- "

Not heard of Thornit - will have a look for some

Thanks

 

[Strike Whippets]

Here you are ......a natural remedy and its fab ........

Thornit ..........

 

[Whispersmum]

I'll second the thornit powder, my old whip had disgusting ears and I

only had to use it once

 

[mazza]

I wouldn't use baby wipes to clean the ears, some can be quite astringent and remove oils from the skin which then leave the skin over dry and tender. Use a wad of cotton wool and buds with a saline solution to get any dirt out from the creases but don't poke down into the ear where you could do damage to the delicate lining.

Sounds like her ears may be bothering her quite a bit and if they are painful, that's maybe why she is reluctant to let you put the drops in.

If her ears are very dirty and smelly she will most likely have ear mites or (canker). Just removing the build up in the ears will not kill the parasites, you need to use the treatment you have from the vet. You need to dose for the full course as the eggs are not always killed and these will mature in the ears.

Gently massage the ears after you've got the drops in and make a big fuss of her and give a treat.

:luck: :thumbsup:

 

[Rae]

Thanks.

Her ears aren't painfull they never bother her and there are no mites or canker - she just seems to have a lot of wax.

I thought baby wipes would be OK as they are for babies and you'd think they'd be gentle but I'll just use cotton wool. I wouldnt dare use cotton buds - WHen we were teenagers I tried to clean OH's manky ears once and he moved and I poked him with the bud = almost perforated his ear drum apparently (w00t) . He had to go to the Dr's and he made me go with him and tell the Dr what I had done. The Dr gave me a right bollocking :b and then admitted that potatoes could have grown in his ears so he cleaned them himself :lol:

Perhaps Holly's ears arent that bad but the rest of the dogs ears are totally clean, no wax at all, but as I say they all clean each other. I love Holly more than life itself but I draw the line at licking her ears :x

I'll check what the vet gave us and if it was just posh saline I'll try the Thornit. :thumbsup:

 

[Nicola]

Lots of folk swear by Thornit. I use it for when I need to pluck Stan's ears. A little bit of Thornit in both ears makes pulling out his ear hairs a lot easier and they smell nice and clean afterwards too.

 

[BeeJay]

Tally deerhound had had 3 different diagnosis for his ears and thus 3 different solutions. 1st vet prescribed a steroid based ear ointment. 2nd vet said that it was fox mange and prescribed stronghold? treatment. 3rd vet said there is nothing wrong inside the ear it's an allergy. It is relieved by cleaning the ear flap of excess wax. If not done it gets red, itchy and sore.

I use Vet Solutions ear cleansing solution to wipe around his ear flaps. It contains Aloe Vera amongst other things.

 

[Joanna]

You can buy sodium bicarb solution from the chemist dead cheap. Drop it in, it loosens up the manky hard stuff and should soften it and make it easier to wipe away :thumbsup: Thornit powder sounds good.

 

[Zephyr]

I'll second the thornit powder, my old whip had disgusting ears and Ionly had to use it once 

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Thornit - absolutely superb - used it on my old cat's ears, she had had problems all her life, and within a week of using Thornit all her problems cleared up, never to recur.

It is MAGIC!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Good luck :luck:

 

[EJW]

I'll second the thornit powder, my old whip had disgusting ears and Ionly had to use it once 

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Thornit - absolutely superb - used it on my old cat's ears, she had had problems all her life, and within a week of using Thornit all her problems cleared up, never to recur.

It is MAGIC!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Good luck :luck:

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Thornit is wonderful I've used it for my ESS for years & she doesn't have ear problems any more :thumbsup:

 

[kris]

i always use warmed olive oil for cleaning the ears.thornits good stuff though :thumbsup: i had same problem with a dobe stud dog of ours.eventually he broke a blood vessel in his ear and had to have an aural resection done on it.he always had black smelly wax in his ears,none of the other dogs did though just him.it was funny the day he came out of the vets after hed had his op,they used an empty cardboard toilet roll to wrap his ear round.he looked like he had a d**k on his head! (w00t) (w00t) (w00t) :lol:

 

[J.T.]

I agree witheveryone who is praising Thornit, it's really good. When we got our rescue beddy at 5 months his ears were a mess, he needed to be knocked out for the vet to clean them. There was so much fur & wax down there I'm surprised he could hear. Over the next few years he had lots of probs with his ears, head shaking & rubbing along the floor & groaning. A friend with standard poodles told me about Thornit & for 2 years now he's not had any ear problems at all.

My lurcher pup had a few ear probs a few months ago, the flaps were twice the normal size & full of fluid. The vet gave me some drops to put down twice a day for a week but after 2 days they were even worse as she shook & scratched them even more after the drops went in. Plus more ended up on me, the floor, the walls than in her ears. I gave them a day without drops & then used Thornit for a few days. Problem over.

My friends westie has to go into the vet regularly to be sedated to clean his ears out which can't be doing him much good long term. She asked the vet about Thornit but was not encouraged to use it so carries on with the greasy ear drops & the dog being knocked out about once every 2 months.

I cant persuade her to even give it a try as she won't go against the vets advice.

 

[urchin]

Wow! that thornit seems like good stuff.............whippey's ears are fine but the 2 Devon Rex cats have revolting waxy lugs which vets have given loosening drops for - that naturally they absolutely loath

will try thornit if its ok for them too and post back results :luck: :luck:

 

[J.T.]

I've used it on cats & it's fine.

 

[OEH]

How about on humans? OH has particularly smelly black wax coming out of one ear at the moment :x , and even Tess, who normally cleans his ears every evening won't go anywhere near it at the moment :x :x :x , but still happily cleans the other one.