Ear infection

[Chris Michaeledes]

My lovely family members name is CHING he is a pure bread show dog with lots of points , however he is having a terrible time with what I beleive to be a cronick ear infection,I've done everything for his ears and the infection seems to go away but it then returns with in a week or two,I've got two types of cleaning solution from are vet ,epi-otic and ear flushing dry solution is the other,I also put in a steroid liquid solution ordered by the vet its called otimax and 6 weeks ago he went on an antibiotic for 10 days.I don't no what to do.His ear are very small and tightly curled on the tips his ear canals are also very very small,I'm going to try flushing now with a 50-50 mix of Betadine and Hydrogenporoxcide, To try and flush and kill whats ever going on deep inside.Please anybody tell me what to do ?or how long I will need to flush with this custom solution before putting in the Otimax Drops.Any help on this matter is much appreciated.

best chris m.My lovely family members name is CHING he is a pure bread show dog with lots of points , however he is having a terrible time with what I beleive to be a cronick ear infection,I've done everything for his ears and the infection seems to go away but it then returns with in a week or two,I've got two types of cleaning solution from are vet ,epi-otic and ear flushing dry solution is the other,I also put in a steroid liquid solution ordered by the vet its called otimax and 6 weeks ago he went on an antibiotic for 10 days.I don't no what to do.His ear are very small and tightly curled on the tips his ear canals are also very very small,I'm going to try flushing now with a 50-50 mix of Betadine and Hydrogenporoxcide, To try and flush and kill whats ever going on deep inside.Please anybody tell me what to do ?or how long I will need to flush with this custom solution before putting in the Otimax Drops.Any help on this matter is much appreciated.

best chris m.

[Mindy Carter]

Chris,
If you aren't using the otomax yet, go ahead and start - the ear flushing will not heal the infection. Also, I would give him 1T of yogurt per day, any flavor. Yogurt has been used with great success to prevent ear infections - the other thing to try is 1T of apple cider vinegar in the food each night. Good luck with your guy...
Mindy Carter
Soshi's Shar-Pei

[Chris Michaeledes]

Thanks Mindy for the responce, I've never heard of the yogart thing but I will certainly give it a try,I talk with my vet today and she started Ching on Cepro antibiotic also otimax, my vet will be seeing Ching tomarrow, you mite no of her, Dr. Peggy Roberts, she been in the sharpei bussiness for many many years, taking care of them etc.Chings ears will be cultured tomarrow also,so I now feel a sence of releif.take care and we special and fortunate owners of these lovely little Beasts, I mean are Babys HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

BEST, CHRIS MICHAELEDES ;D

[alan 1]

Our first shar-pei, "Murray" had ear problems. We did not show him so perhaps we had more flexibility to deal with the problem. Our vet pierced a hole beneath each ear so the canals could clear normally and get some air. It also was very helpful when we flushed his ears.

[Melissa]

Hi there, My shar pei is named Bella. I got her for pet quality and have come to love and appreciate her flaws. She too has recently had ear infections and her ears remain her itchiest part. My vet has diagnosed her with stenosis of the ear canal, meaning that they are very small which causes the air flow to be limited and the infections to be frequent. I was told the only correction of this is costly surgery. I am not sure what to do since the cost of surgery is what I paid for her and that is only for one ear, and also depends on how far they have to go to correct the problem. I too am looking for alternatives and suggestions. I have stopped trying to flush out her ears because I seem to think it makes her ears worse by keeping water in her small ear canals. I keep reading about the yogurt so I really think that I am going to try that, as soon as she is off her special diet for allergies. Let me know what you think.

[Winnie]

We're owned by " Winnie" a 1 yr old pei'.. She too has had the ear infections..Yogurt has worked awesome for her.. But now we are onto another problem..her tail just hangs between her legs- this is something new just 2 days ago.. She wont wag it, and we have been around her 24\7..so there was no injury or damage to her.. I cannot take her to the vet right now due to my own health problems---but maybe someone can help me..
My address is..... [e-mail]
Thanks so much Jonathan, Crystal and Winnie

[torre]

We have the same problem as alot of others. We take Torre to the vet monthly for her ears. There seems to be fluids sitting in her ears. He suggested surgury, first I'll try the yogurt solution, if someone knows how and why that works please responde. Thanks

[bkwood]

You refer to trying yogurt for ear infections. Where did you learn about that? What are the specifics (e.g., type, quantity, etc.)? Maybe if you can give me the source of the information, I can go there and figure out the other information. Thanks. Brenda

[albert]

If it is not your intention to show your dog and all other efforts fail, you very well may wish to consider surgery. Our first Shar-Pei, Murray, had this problem. The operation essentially created 1 tiny hole beneath each ear. This seemed to prevent any type accumulation in the ear as is cleared down and out through these small orifices. Murray had this procedure when he was 2 years old. He never had an ear problem after that and lived to be 13.

[Caroline Goouch]

My shar-pei shakes his head all the time and we have given him ear drops and anti biotics but he still shakes and shakes is this a sign of an ear infection

[dee]

hi there - my mr. magoo has had ear problems also & my vet said it might be a food allergy to wheat. which of course is in everything but i will try the yogurt idea and also for treats i have been giving him cereal ( rice chex, corn chex, honeycomb... just be sure to check ingre. he loves them.) his dog biscuits contain wheat as do all of them.

[Merlins Mom]

It's really important to define "what" type of infection your pei has.
Is it bacterial? Is it candidae? The treatment for both is not the same.

If it's bacterial , then Otomax and other antibiotics will help, but all the yogurt in the world won't
IF it's candidae or allergies, then antibiotics will only serve to help complicate the matter in the long run. You have to take a good look at the food you are feeding your pei. Any type of wheat or grain must be removed from the diet entirely and the ears can very successfully be treated with colloidial silver or gentian violet.

Cheers
MM

[abbbc3331153]

Hello, I have a sharpei also and I cleaned his ears everyweek or sooner and he has not had any problems at all. You just have to make sure his ears are clearned a couple times of week.

[mccartyparty]

Albert,
Thank you so much for this post. We have a brand new Pei rescued from California Sharpei Resuce in Redding, Ca. We took our Chloe today to get her eye stitches and her spay stitches out. When the Vet checked her ears, she said that Chloes ears were infected and although she didn't see any yeast in the slide, she suspected it was deeper in her ear canal which she could get to. Her ear canal was extremely narrow. The vet did mention a surgery but she said it would impair her hearing. Chloe is only 8 months old. We love her so much already. I will keep watching this thread.
Also of interest was the post about the colloidial silver or gentian violet.

Re: The yougurt. We are feeding her Eagle Pack Blue which already contains yougurt cultures.

Kuby of the McCartyParty
McCartyParty = Richard Kuby and & Chloe

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