Dog ear mite infection, this for pet owners in the familiar disease, but to the pet owner to bring the biggest trouble of the dog disease, the dog's ear is infected by ear itch mites, the dog and difficult, the pet owner and suffered, the home, the dog body is stinky. Treatment is time-consuming and energy-consuming, not long after the cure began to recur, people often flirt with the dog infected with ear mites, the pet owner's daily routine, either in the dog's ears on the medicine, or on the way to the pet hospital to buy ear medicine.
Dog ear mites, is one of the pet owners headache mite disease, it is not much different from the cat's ear mites, but in the treatment is more difficult, more likely to recur.
What are dog ear mites?There are two types of mites that are common in pets
One type of mite appears on the cuticle part of a dog's body (such as the back, inner thighs, chest, and the surface of the limbs, etc.) This type of mite is the writhing mite and the mange mite, and the most common mites that cause skin diseases are basically these two mites that make a mess of the mites.
Another type of mite is the ear mite, also known as ear scabies, also called ear itch mites, is a common ear canal parasite in cats and dogs. Most often parasitized in the ear canal, and in a few cases on the head, neck, and tail.
The ear itch mite feeds primarily on ear epidermal debris and tissue fluid, causing a massive inflammatory and allergic reaction around the ear canal, which can result in a large amount of inflammatory exudate, and secondary bacterial and fungal infections leading to uncomfortable itching in the dog's ears.
★Ear mites are contagious, if one dog is infected with an ear mite, the other must be given a mite shot for prevention even if it doesn't develop
Ear itch mite breeding cycle?★Ear mites live from birth to the end of about 28 days, from eggs to adult worms need about 4-7 days time, after becoming adult worms can immediately lay eggs to reproduce,their ability to reproduce is particularly strong! Especially in a moist ear with a lot of secretions, it's like a fish out of water.
What are the symptoms of ear mites in dogs?Common main symptoms:
Scratching ears, head tossing, head tilted in one direction, red, swollen and smelly ear canals, brown discharge, and sometimes yellowish-brown discharge in mixed infections.
I believe that most of these major symptoms are already familiar to pet owners, so we won't be crunching on them.
How to treat ear mites completely?Laboratory Tests:
To treat ear mites completely you must use laboratory tests to determine if there is a mixed infection.
Currently, ear mites can be diagnosed by taking ear secretions under a microscope,
while inflammatory secretions are smeared to determine if there is a mixed bacterial-fungal infection.
Nowadays, veterinarians have otoscopes to visualize the redness and swelling of the ear canal and mites.
Confirm the diagnosis of whether it is a simple mite infection or a mixed fungal infection!
Treatment:
★First Step! Thoroughly clean out your dog's ear canal secretions, and if the ear canal is particularly red and swollen, it is recommended that you clean it up after medicating to reduce the swelling, so as to avoid damage to your dog's ear canal. (This step must be handled at the vet hospital for the first few days, and it is recommended to use an ear wash or the vet hospital's own formulated ear canal cleaning solution.)
★Step 2 Treat mites, fungus, bacteria
Mites - current injections are Mite shots for pets, such as Ivermectin, Abamectin (Thonmectin), etc! (Collies are not allowed to use this drug, you need to choose their special drugs, such as the big favorites) treatment for 5-7 weeks
Fungus - currently there is a pet-specific antifungal injection such as Fungus One, (It is recommended that you do not use the human ones, this kind of drug harms the liver, human use is larger than the dog dose, mastering the amount is not good easy to cause liver damage and poisoning!) Treatment 3-5 weeks
Bacteria - treatment with antibiotics, anti-inflammatory at the same time you can give the dog to stop itching and reduce discomfort , Continuous medication for 5-7 days.
Knock on the blackboard,Highlight
★This step is the most critical step in the treatment of mites in dogs,particularly mite needles and fungal needles, This step is the most critical step in the treatment of mites in dogs,Highlight. Above gave you the mite breeding cycle, is about 28 days, but it has about 5 days is the egg, not adult, all the mite treatment drugs on the market can not kill the egg, can only kill the adult and larvae, so the veterinarian to give the 5-7 weeks of the medication is scientifically sound, a lot of pet owners will be in the dog after 3 weeks of mite shots and then stopped, which is the dog ear mites This is the main reason for the recurrence of ear mites in dogs.
Step 3? Apply topical medication, after cleaning the ears and after a 15-minute interval, medicate the ears with a pet-specific ear medication and use it at least twice a day.
Don't let go immediately after the medication, hold down the ear gently and softly, and then let go, the dog shook his head and the medication went into the inner ear canal.
The fourth step, if the dog scratches especially hard, be sure to bring a Elizabethan ring, to prevent the ear hematoma and scratching even more secondary to bacterial infection outside the ear canal.
Will pet owners clean or medicate their dogs' ears themselves?Pet owners and then their own to the dog to clean up the ears of the medicine do not worry too much about stabbing its ears, or stabbing deaf it, the dog's ear canal is L-shaped , we clean up the dog's external ear canal, can not reach it turned into the inner ear canal, so as long as we are not too hard to will not hurt it.
What you need to pay attention to is not to use inferior quality cotton swabs, cotton head is easy to fall into the ear canal.
What diseases can ear mites cause in dogs?①Ear hematoma, due to the itchy dog frequently to scratch the ear, the ear inside the blood vessels and lymphatic vessels broken, the liquid seepage, this disease needs surgery.
② otitis media, ear mite treatment is not timely will form otitis media or chronic otitis media, treatment is more difficult to eradicate. （
3 vestibular syndrome, similar to encephalitis neurological , walking unsteadily, shaking, eyes, dull, and so on! (The bacterial infection is strong enough to attack the brain.
④Some pet owners then give the dog to treat the ear mites in order to ventilate the ears will be tied up with rubber bands, the results forget to take down, and finally because of the blood circulation problems lead to the tip of the ear ischemic necrosis. (the significance of doing this action is not too much, also can not play a big role, if you want to use must remember to take down the rubber band)
Commonly prone to otitis media dogs Cocker Spaniels (on the basis of the two drooping ears, row first no suspense) Bulldogs Golden Retriever Pekingese Teddy Dachshunds and Barking Dogs★In general, some of the large ears of the dog and the ear always drooping, as well as dogs with ear hair, because of their own physiological defects, more likely to get ear mites, and got more likely to recur.
How do we prevent and care for them?①Bathing do not ears into the water , whether at home, or pet stores after the bath, be sure to ears with a special ear care solution to clean up.
②Pulling out ear hair, especially pulling out ear hair, this pet owners must pay attention to, go to the bath cheap pet store sometimes omit this step, a little less attention will be ear canal problems.
3 ear regular physical examination, especially have had ear mites dog more need regular physical examination, early detection and early treatment.
★The treatment of ear mites when there are a lot of misunderstandings we do not go to step on, otherwise the dog's ear mites is really not good thorough treatment
For example, the treatment of ear mites only need to be on the ear canal topical medication that can be treated (a lot of ear medication is based on anti-inflammatory and anti-itching, and some even do not have a mite-killing medication. Do not hit the mite needle is impossible to cure the ear mites) treatment of dog ear mites, a week after the ear no secretions and not itchy on the treatment. (This period is just to control the inflammation, may just kill the first batch of adult mites, eggs are still reproducing, so every other week or half a month will recur)Dogs ear mites are actually the same as skin diseases, look at the small problem, the treatment is a long process of treatment, the pet owner must maintain patience, your first treatment time to save time, it is in the next recurrence of the time will definitely let you Compensate back, small problems also have big trouble, so pet owners in the treatment of dog ear mites more patience, give the dog and the vet a little more time, the dog's ear itch mites will be completely cured.