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Cocker Specific Discussion => Health => Topic started by: Luvlylady on April 17, 2004, 04:07:05 PM
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bells got a sore ear again same one shes rubbing it all over the place today , so it must be quite sore, although shes not complained till today , rang the vets they cant fit her in till monday morning , is there anything i can do to help her till then ? i used to give my old cocker half a paracetamol , not sure if it would be ok , is there anything else you give your dogs to relive pain ?
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I'm sorry, I don't know pain wise, but someone here recommended Thornit ear powder for ear mites, if it's that, and I haven't looked back. It's wonderful stuff.
I hope someone can help pain wise, just a tip in case its any use to you in the future
Shona x
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thanks for your reply shona :) she already had ear drops just somthing cockers get quite alot , well im sure the vet will sort her out thanks :)
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Sorry to hear of Bells ear problem Nicole :( Hope she gets some relief from it soon!
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thanks im sure she will be fixted pretty quick , a long run tommoro should make her forget it for a while :)
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I found the drops exacerbated the condition adding to the moisture and heat etc - Thornit is great. Have you trimmed the fur well? as that helps trap the warm air adding to the problem.
Hope she feels better soon.
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yup i trim the ears , her ears are really hot sometimes i hold them up to let some fresh air to get to them , aparently its a problem as you say lack of air to dry them , i wonder basset hounds must have this type of problem too , my other vet said sometimes they cut a tiny peice of of the ear like a channel to allow moisture out . i wonder how many dogs have that op , bella only has it in one ear ill get some thornit can anyone remeber the website where i can buy it ?
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Sorry to hear bout your dogs sore ear I buy mine (thornit) from www.championpetsonline.co.uk swear by the stuff and champ pets will send you a very informative leaflet about ear infections.
My dog scoobie had a op last year which didn't help one bit only a change of diet stopped endless ear infections for him not asking you to change your dogs diet but would strongly recommmend thornit I wish that I knew about thornit before I had agreed to op!!
good luck and hope she finds relief soon
Edith
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Hope it helps. Indie's ears get really hot and moist too, and though I try to flip them over to air them when he's asl;eep, it's still a problem. The thornit stuff seems to keep them really dry and clean, he just gets a teeny amount when he needs it, maybe once a month now, and no problems since.
He's had lots of brown wax at one point too, and a tiny amount of the powder clumped it up enough to be easily removed, fab stuff.
Good luck.
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well bella went to the vets today . nothing wrong with her except her ear . he gave her a booster there , and some ear drops £85 bill :shock: ah well cant complain shes not had much wrong with her , then i took her to tesco i stood outside with her,kinda dropted her right into meeting people , shes normaly scared stiff of people and tesco was sooo busy she kept trying to greet the people , couldent stop her :lol:but she was scared when they tried to touch her :( hopefuly this will change her ways knowing shes been with humans and is still alive to tell the tail . now dogs..... wonder how we can fix that