Recovering ears

[jojasp5]

My chow is getting over a nasty ear infection and, I was just wondering how I may go about keeping her ears cleaned or rather how do I clean a chows ears safely? It's been suggested to me by the vet that this may be caused by allergies. There was no yeast present in the ears and, she's being treated with Baytril antibiotic. She gets an ear flush of a solution the vet gave, twice daily. I believe it's called and Alkaline solution. Also, will this antibiotic strip her stomach of the resident flora and, if so what can I do about it? Thanx for all replies.

jojasp5

[Lisa_D]

Bear had gotten repeated ear infections prior to switching his food. I currently have him on Taste of the Wild Pacific stream and he has been great. I didn't have the allergy testing done but I do believe it was chicken he was allergic to.
The antibiotic can play havoc in the GI system. I will usually give a spoon or two of yogurt in with my boys food to help. I use the plain yogurt, no flavors. They love it!!! I hope your baby feels better soon

[kiwani]

There was no yeast present in the ears and, she's being treated with Baytril antibiotic.

The Baytril also treats yeast, and I'm surprised to hear that there was no yeast after the Purina Beneful diet. Vinegar/boric acid is an excellent
ear cleaner. It's available as MalAcetic Otic ear/skin cleanser, or you can make your own. More info on that in the archives. Probiotics are an important immune system supplement - see 'best of nutrition' sub-forum for Probiotics research thread.

[jojasp5]

Thanx for all the replies to my questions. Will put the advice to use. Oh, Kiwani how do I access the archives? I don't see a link anywhere on the chow.org website. Thank you.

jojasp5

[kiwani]

Oh, Kiwani how do I access the archives? I don't see a link anywhere on the chow.org website. Thank you.

Just use the "search/advanced search" function. Some of the archived threads have already been moved into the "best of..." sub-forums