Please could anyone give me advice concerning a build up of wax in my rabbit’s ears? He has been seen by a vet who has told me to use 1 mil of a solution of one pint of warm water and a teaspoon of salt and put this into his ears and massage his ears for five minutes than remove and wax with cotton wool. Now I am not confident to do this. Neither I am sure this is a good thing to do. The vet wants the wax removed to see if there is an ear infection because he has a problem with some congestion in the nose as a result of a throat infection. According to my understanding from my own experience with ear infections that water entering the ear is not a good thing and can itself cause ear infections such as otitis externa, swimmers ear.
My poor rabbit who is getting old has been through hell this last week. A sufferer of long term gastro stasis his system suddenly shut down and he had bloat and had to be hospitalised overnight and have his stomach drained while conscious and put on a drip. It was discovered at this time that there was some discharge from his nose. Since than he has been to the vet twice more and yesterday the vet examined his ears and says there is a build up of wax and I am to remove it in the way I have described. After the trauma he has been through - he is lucky to be alive - I don’t want any further problems or upsets for him. He is improving slowly from Gastro stasis and I think messing about with his ears in this way will cause more stress and send him back into stasis.
The greatest concern though is that putting water in his ear - 1 mil sounds a lot to me - is not a good idea.
Any advice please would be appreciated.
Thanks
Christine
My poor rabbit who is getting old has been through hell this last week. A sufferer of long term gastro stasis his system suddenly shut down and he had bloat and had to be hospitalised overnight and have his stomach drained while conscious and put on a drip. It was discovered at this time that there was some discharge from his nose. Since than he has been to the vet twice more and yesterday the vet examined his ears and says there is a build up of wax and I am to remove it in the way I have described. After the trauma he has been through - he is lucky to be alive - I don’t want any further problems or upsets for him. He is improving slowly from Gastro stasis and I think messing about with his ears in this way will cause more stress and send him back into stasis.
The greatest concern though is that putting water in his ear - 1 mil sounds a lot to me - is not a good idea.
Any advice please would be appreciated.
Thanks
Christine