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Julie,
When TJ adopted us last August he had horribly smelly
ears. We (our vet & staff and myself) cleaned his ears thoroughly for
about 3 weeks in a row at the vet's. Plus while at home, I was irrigating
his ears with Nolvascan every other day, plus instilling Otomax (antibiotic
& antifungal) ointment twice a week.
All the hard work paid off and now all I have to do is keep
the outer ears clean with rubbing alcohol on tissues (he doesn't mind it any
more) and fill his ear canals weekly with Nolvascan, massage it
around and just let him shake it out. As long as I stay on top of it,
he does well. We just make it part of his weekly grooming. He does
seem to have some hearing problems (not just the typical "you talking to me?"
behaviors), and we aren't certain if this is from the ear infections going
untreated so long or not, guess it really doesn't matter at this point. He
has healthy ears now!
Good luck!!
Debbie
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