Dog's earwax can directly reflect the health of ears, and color and smell are the two main criteria for judging. If the owner can clean the ear canal for the dog regularly, the dog's ears will probably be fine. However, if the dog's ear hair and ears are not plucked for a long time, once the dog's ears get into the water, it will easily lead to ear inflammation, which also provides a favorable living environment for ear mites.
First, under normal circumstances, the dog's earwax
Under normal circumstances, dogs' ears are relatively clean, without too much dirt, and their auricles are relatively clean. Take out your ears, there will be no obvious dirt on the cotton. Even if some yellow dirt is pulled out, it is within the normal range. And there is nothing in the ear, and the useless ear hair has been cleaned up.
Second, the earwax of ear mites and dogs
Pull out the dog's ears. If there is black or reddish-brown dirt on cotton, it may indicate that the dog is infected with ear mites. But this is not absolute, we will know after observation. If you can find obvious granular objects in these dirty things and give off a big smell, then there is a great possibility that dogs have ear mites in their ears.
Try not to use cotton swabs as ear pulling tools.
Judging whether there are ear mites depends on observing the dog's usual behavior and the amount of dirt. If the dog is always scratching his ears and has a lot of dirty things, he should go to the hospital as soon as possible for a microscopic examination to see if there are any ear mites. Then clean the dog's ears every day, and then take medicine.
Third, the earwax of a dog with otitis.
Sometimes red earwax may not be caused by ear mites, or it may be caused by ear inflammation. In addition, when there is purulent watery secretion in the dog's ear, first observe whether there is trauma. If no trace of trauma is found, it is probably caused by inflammation.
Generally, dog ear inflammation is caused by not cleaning the ear hair for a long time, not pulling out the ear, and then water enters the ear. In this case, clean the ear hair as soon as possible, and then wash the ear with ear wash every day. Just put some ear medicine with anti-inflammatory effect.