Thornit ear powder

valkirn

Hi, just a quick question.. Do Thornit ear powders work as we have recently moved and since we moved our poor dog has done nothing but suffer with his ears, hes had swabs taken to rule out infections etc

We now live near farm land and hes loving all the open space to run around in but im not loving the vet bills at the mo

So will these help or are they best avoided....

Thanks

chris_n_tj

Its the only thing we have ever used and yes it works. Make sure you put some on their feet as well xxx

PS we use the flat handle of a teaspoon to put in ear and you dont need much x

valkirn

Thank you so much, the drops the vet keep giving us dont seem to do much and he's such a big baby when you clean his ears out anyway he cries even when theres nothing wrong with them, im sure my poor neighbours think im murdering him x

candygirl

Yes it is the best

Fire_Fox

Ear problems can sometimes be diet-related. I also once knew a Labrador who was allergic to Shake'n'Vac and that caused him to need operations before they identified the culprit. Is it possible there are cleaning product residues in your new home? Or maybe pollen is getting into his ears?

valkirn

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Ear problems can sometimes be diet-related. I also once knew a Labrador who was allergic to Shake'n'Vac and that caused him to need operations before they identified the culprit. Is it possible there are cleaning product residues in your new home? Or maybe pollen is getting into his ears?

Thanks for the advice, we havent needed to change his diet since we got him as a puppy, hes 9 now and maybe i should look into a senior dog food but hes happy and content with what hes eating.

I dont use many cleaning products and certainly nothing that he hasnt come into contact with before (im a creature of habit i tend to stick with stuff i know and trust) we dont have carpets its all wooden floors.

And like i said his ears were swabbed so im guessing pollen would have shown up,

When his ears are bad they are really red and have a yukky brown waxy type scab, we use ear wipes to remove these and the drops from the vet massaged in, but no sooner than we seem to get it cleared up than its back and we moved here 10 months ago .. which is recent for us as we were in our old house for 13 years

At the moment i just want something to work as i cant bear it when hes at his ears and its obviously hurting and the medication the vet has given him only seems to be working short term

paddypaws101

My foster cat Woody has had such terrible problems with his ears for so long that the scratching has left him with 'cauliflower' ears. Repeated courses of vet treatment had little result. I started putting drops of Colloidal silver into his ears every day, and also using it to dampen cotton wool to clean the area, and he has shown almost complete recovery.

bugslet

Yep, another fan of Thornit, it works better than stuff from the vets IMO.

Fire_Fox

valkirn wrote: »

Thanks for the advice, we havent needed to change his diet since we got him as a puppy, hes 9 now and maybe i should look into a senior dog food but hes happy and content with what hes eating.

I dont use many cleaning products and certainly nothing that he hasnt come into contact with before (im a creature of habit i tend to stick with stuff i know and trust) we dont have carpets its all wooden floors.

And like i said his ears were swabbed so im guessing pollen would have shown up,

When his ears are bad they are really red and have a yukky brown waxy type scab, we use ear wipes to remove these and the drops from the vet massaged in, but no sooner than we seem to get it cleared up than its back and we moved here 10 months ago .. which is recent for us as we were in our old house for 13 years

At the moment i just want something to work as i cant bear it when hes at his ears and its obviously hurting and the medication the vet has given him only seems to be working short term

What did they swab for/ what did they look at? We they culturing bacteria on agar plates or looking for mites on a microscope slide? Don't assume pollen would show up, it is much much smaller than a mite and won't grow on an agar plate. Anyway just the presence of pollen doesn't prove it is causing a problem. Might be worth asking exactly what your vets have looked for and about possible allergies?

Allergies develop over time, it's actually more common to become allergic to a familiar food/ cosmetic/ cleaning product than a novel one so not changing the food is a red herring. However since the change coincided with the move my guess would be on something in the environment. A low glycaemic index, anti inflammatory diet can work wonders in mild allergies in humans - it can 'cure' hayfever - because it calms inappropriate immune responses and reduces inflammation. For dogs others have reported reducing or eliminating grains/ cereals or changing the protein source has been effective in ear problems.
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