Ear wax, strange head twitch

Sending vibes for Shadow, hope the abx works.

InspectorMorse said:

He will probably need a much longer course of abx. Sometimes 4-6 weeks. Has he also been prescribed some Metacam to address the pain and inflammation ?

ETA - just seen the videos. Is he responsive when the twitching occurs ? They look exactly like the epileptiform twitches one of my Rabbits has. He has a neurological disorder.

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It's Canaural eardrops, 1 drop in each ear twice a day for 7 days. No, he didn't get any other medication. There is plenty in the bottle though so I might just do a couple of extra days then see. I don't know how bad the infection is, the only thing I could see was the white wax in one ear and the other looked fine so I didn't know that ear even had any problem. The problem will be knowing if it has cleared up without taking him back to be checked again. The twitching episodes have only happened 3 times that we have witnessed so he might not do it again for me to know something is still wrong, or he might do it when I'm not watching. When it happens he looks kind of spaced out but I'm pretty sure he would respond if I disturbed him, I have tried to be quiet and just watch him. This last occasion he was sitting doing it after running around, then when I went near him to film better he sort of snapped out of it when I approached and followed me, doing a couple of twitches while he did. When I backed away he sat and then started it up again looking distracted/spaced out again. If it happens again I will experiment and see if he responds to me while it is happening. Sorry to hear one of yours has a neurological problem :-( I hope he is ok. The vet that is seeing Shadow is the one who diagnosed my Dads dog with vestibular disease, but she didn't think Shadow had anything like that when I mentioned it after showing her the video. So hopefully she is right! The first time Shadow did this I thought of my Dads dog because it looked similar with the eye twitching which is why I was concerned in the first place. I think if lockdown gets lifted in February I will maybe take Shadow back for a check up anyway to make sure the infection has gone (unless anything else happens before then or I don't think it has cleared up).

tonibun said:

Sending vibes for Shadow, hope the abx works.

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thankyou

Update: I phoned the vets yesterday to say I thought the infection was still there and ask if I should continue with the antibiotics (I was instructed 7 days which was up yesterday) or bring him in for the vet to see him. The receptionist said to bring him in which was good, so I got an appointment this morning. The vet said the ear that wasn't so bad has cleared up now, the one that was worse still has a bit of an infection so I need to continue for another 7 days in that ear and then bring him back again. She asked if he had been doing any more twitching and I said I hadn't seen him do it again. She said the ears weren't inflamed which was good. So hopefully another week will clear up the other ear too. He seems perfectly happy (other than when we are trying to put the drops in!) and he is still eating and pooing etc normally so I am optimistic that he will get over this soon

Great update, hope he continues to improve:thumb:

That's sounds like a good update. I hope the extra 7 days do the job for him!

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Sounds really positive[emoji4]

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Pleased to hear that he is improving

Thanks for the good vibes everyone, Shadow had another appointment today and he is now in the clear, both ears have now cleared up Shadow is going to be so happy not to have any more ear drops, he hated us doing it. I am so happy, I had the biggest smile on my face (under my mask!) when the vet told me. Shadow says thanks everyone for the advice and good wishes

Brilliant news

Glad to hear that he has recovered x

Fantastic news! [emoji175]

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