How to Get Rid of Dog Ear Infections

How to tell the difference in ear mites or fungus.
How to address each problem without prescription medication from a Veterinarian.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Patience with your dog.
• May need a helper to assist with holding your pet still.
• Helpful to have a small bright flashlight.

1. Your first step is to try to determine what the ear issue stems from. Without a vet to look in the ear and tell you, you have to look in and smell ear area. If you see anything that looks like pus or blood, like it or not time to see a Vet.

2. If you get a foul smell and brown waxy substance this very likely is fungus. Ear mites look like coffee grounds and do not have that bad smell.

3. I gently clean as best I can with a cotton swab, and do not push by any means. The second the dog jerks, do not pursue.

4. For mites: use a neem oil on a swab to coat around in the ear. If it is a fungus I have found that using the Monistat cream for vaginal fungus is helpful after cleaning out the ear. Swab a small amount inside the ear or at the entrance of the canal and then rub the ear to distribute.

Tips & Warnings

• Very important that you are extremely careful and gentle when using the swabs or you could puncture an ear drum.

[4dogday]

on 5/5/2009 Good information on infections in dog's ears.