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Help - Cleaning Ears
My cat was off balance earlier this week. Took him to the vet, who said it
could be that his ears are filled with stuff. She cleaned out his ears and got some "junk" out of them, using a cleaning solution, qtips and then gauze pads. She said to use the cleaning solution, squirt it in his ears, massage the base, let him shake his head & then clean stuff out of the outer portion of his ear that becomes dislodged. Well, we've cleaned his ears the last 2 nights - I don't know if I'm doing it wrong but I got a tiny tiny speck of something out of the outer part of his ear last night, and nothing tonight. This is the first time I've cleaned his ears so am I doing it wrong, or did she possibly get most of the stuff out of his ears 2 days ago? He shakes his head as soon as I squirt the stuff in - maybe I'm putting in too much? The bottle says to apply liberally - that's not real precise. Any ideas? I can try calling the vet tomorrow, I just thought someone might have some tips on how the heck to do this! Thank you. BTW, he is walking much better, so the ear cleaning - when the vet did it - seems to have helped quite a bit. Codysmom |
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Well, at least we managed to hold onto him I guess! However, by the time we
were done the first night, his head was pretty soaked. Guess I squirted a bit much. I had to chase him down & wipe him off. He looked cute though, his hair was all spiky. Unforutnately, I had been aiming in his ears... "Gary" wrote in message ... When I tried something like that for Troni, here's how it went: "...squirt it in her ear..." - ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!! Cat explodes out of kitchen sink, knocking everything off the counter, slinging stinky stuff everywhere! End of story. Gary -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Well, at least we managed to hold onto him I guess! However, by the time we
were done the first night, his head was pretty soaked. Guess I squirted a bit much. I had to chase him down & wipe him off. He looked cute though, his hair was all spiky. Unforutnately, I had been aiming in his ears... "Gary" wrote in message ... When I tried something like that for Troni, here's how it went: "...squirt it in her ear..." - ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!! Cat explodes out of kitchen sink, knocking everything off the counter, slinging stinky stuff everywhere! End of story. Gary -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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JD wrote:
Well, at least we managed to hold onto him I guess! However, by the time we were done the first night, his head was pretty soaked. Guess I squirted a bit much. I had to chase him down & wipe him off. He looked cute though, his hair was all spiky. Unforutnately, I had been aiming in his ears... "Gary" wrote in message ... When I tried something like that for Troni, here's how it went: "...squirt it in her ear..." - ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!! Cat explodes out of kitchen sink, knocking everything off the counter, slinging stinky stuff everywhere! End of story. Gary -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- There's a trick I used with emus that I'm thinking just *might* work with cats. We had one particular emu, #171, that I named "The Ballistic Bitch From Hell". NO ONE could handle this emu (I was the best handler there, and I couldn't begin to handle her). I've seen this bird run sideways on a fence to keep from being caught. Well, one day, she had a gaping injury on her thigh (probably from fighting with the other 19 emus). Since there was NO WAY to handle her to administer first aid (without injuring her worse as well as anyone who got near her), so I did the standard thing by just isolating her. This keeps the others from pecking at her open wound while it heals. It turns out that we had a special, spring loaded, multi shot vaccination syringes. It was about the size of a hand gun, and it held about a dixie cup of liquid in it. And, it shot real accurately (no needle). It was for mass inoculation of cattle or something. So, after practicing with water, I mixed up some medication for her wound and loaded my gun (for emu). From about ten feet away, I was able to apply that medication to that wound. So, I am wondering.... if something similar could be used for cats? Just a fast, measured dose of *whatever* they need in their ears? After what I went through with Troni, it would be worth a shot (pun intended ). Gary -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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JD wrote:
Well, at least we managed to hold onto him I guess! However, by the time we were done the first night, his head was pretty soaked. Guess I squirted a bit much. I had to chase him down & wipe him off. He looked cute though, his hair was all spiky. Unforutnately, I had been aiming in his ears... "Gary" wrote in message ... When I tried something like that for Troni, here's how it went: "...squirt it in her ear..." - ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!! Cat explodes out of kitchen sink, knocking everything off the counter, slinging stinky stuff everywhere! End of story. Gary -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- There's a trick I used with emus that I'm thinking just *might* work with cats. We had one particular emu, #171, that I named "The Ballistic Bitch From Hell". NO ONE could handle this emu (I was the best handler there, and I couldn't begin to handle her). I've seen this bird run sideways on a fence to keep from being caught. Well, one day, she had a gaping injury on her thigh (probably from fighting with the other 19 emus). Since there was NO WAY to handle her to administer first aid (without injuring her worse as well as anyone who got near her), so I did the standard thing by just isolating her. This keeps the others from pecking at her open wound while it heals. It turns out that we had a special, spring loaded, multi shot vaccination syringes. It was about the size of a hand gun, and it held about a dixie cup of liquid in it. And, it shot real accurately (no needle). It was for mass inoculation of cattle or something. So, after practicing with water, I mixed up some medication for her wound and loaded my gun (for emu). From about ten feet away, I was able to apply that medication to that wound. So, I am wondering.... if something similar could be used for cats? Just a fast, measured dose of *whatever* they need in their ears? After what I went through with Troni, it would be worth a shot (pun intended ). Gary -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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