How to deal with severe ear mites in dogs?

Date: 2024-08-21

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How to deal with severe ear mites in dogs

1. If the dog has serious ear mites, the first step in the treatment is to isolate the dog. If there are a large number of pets in the family, it is necessary to separate healthy dogs from dogs that have already suffered from ear mites and treat them individually. Because ear mites are very contagious, sometimes as long as one dog has ear mites, the rest of the dogs will get ear mites.

2. After taking a bath, pull out the ear hair in the dog's ears. It is recommended to let a professional doctor handle this step. Then clean the dog's ear canal, making sure to use a hemostat and cotton wool to make a cotton swab. Do not use cotton swabs, because the sticks of cotton swabs are too hard, which can damage the epithelial cells of the ear canal and cause bacterial infection, which can lead to otitis.

3. After the dog's ears are cleaned, it is time to apply medicine. You can go to the pet hospital to buy medicines, such as Lixinkang ear drops, compound acetyljiaquin solution (external use).

Symptoms of Ear Mites in Dogs

1. It usually leads to a large amount of ear fat secretion in the ear canal, and it is prone to secondary suppuration.

2. The ears of dogs infected by ear mites are severely itchy, so dogs often shake their heads and scratch their ears, which may sometimes cause bleeding in the external auditory canal.

3. When the dog is severely infected with ear mites, the lesions will spread to the dog's forehead and behind the ears.

4. Dogs infected with ear mites will have dark brown waxy and exudate in their ears. After a diffuse infection of ear mites in dogs, the affected dog may also develop epilepsy symptoms.