Starting the New Year Off Like We Lived the Old Year
Woman in the Middle | January 2, 2018Today was January 2nd and we were off to the veterinarian. So, starting the year off as usual for us, with pet problems. Dax has had ongoing issues with his ears and it isn’t going away. He has been treated for ear mites three different ways, so it was time to do further investigation. Sure enough, the doctor took a swab and looked at it under a microscope. Two types of bacteria and yeast as well. No ear mites at all.
They gave him a shot and gave me ear drops for him. Eight, yes eight. drops in each year two times a day. I just laughed and asked for a syringe. I figure I can put the eight drops in the syringe and squirt all of the medicine at once into an ear. Can you just imagine me trying to count eight drops into each of Dax’s ears? “One, two,…oops, and there he goes!”
The doctor said if the problem comes back, he would suggest treating it once more and then, if it persists, we will have to assume it is a food allergy and go from there. Oh goody!
We hope this makes poor Dax more comfortable. All we want is for him to lead a happy life at our house. Instead, it had been three months of annoyed ears!
My ears are pink and itchy!
Of course. Lol! Poor Dax!
They do look very pink.
My old cat Jake developed a yeast infection that went under the radar for a while. He was getting abscesses but the vet said it was from fighting. At age 18 I knew he wasn’t fighting anything but the sleepy dust that was sprinkled from above. I got a second opinion and they found a yeast infection. We treated that and there were no more abscesses. Good luck with Dax. Ear things are very uncomfortable. That’s how Jake got all the abscesses — from scratching his ears. Poor thing.
I wish I had insisted on them looking at the sample under the microscope after the first round of ear mite medicine didn’t work. Live and learn, I guess.
8 drops in each ear that would be funny to watch and maybe a tad painful for you, so squirting them into the ear sounds a better option. I hope the problem is fixed with the drops