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wax in ears

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Candiflare

Mama Doe
I was looking down Ralph's ears with a torch this evening because he often tries to really scratch his left ear hard, and I saw that he has a build up of something (which looks like earwax) completely covering the inside of his left ear (so that I cannot see down it.) Obviously it isn't covering the actual earlobe bit, but it is covering the inside of his ear. This would explain a lot of him shaking his head etc, which he's been doing over months.

The vet is currently treating him for conjunctivitis. Could this be linked? Or does it sound like something different?
 
It may be that he has Otitis externa (outer ear infection) which *might* be related to the conjunctivitis in that the same strain of bacteria is involved -ie Pasteurella.

Please get your Vet to check his ear ASAP as otitis, once established, is really nasty and extremely difficult to get rid of :cry:
Hopefully it's just a build up of wax which is now irritating him but your Vet needs to ensure that the wax plug is not covering a load of pus.

I would advise you not to put anything in his ears yourself to try to clean them until he has been seen by your Vet

Good luck
 
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