From:
"Tressie"
Date: 2010-08-19 00:12:26 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: question about ear cleaning
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Their ears never smell at all! Even the ones who have come in with ear mites have never had smelly ears but then I take them in to the vet right away if there's the least little sign of possible mites like red ears or black exudate.
The vet takes a swab from each ear and examines it under a microscope and can tell if there's mites pretty quickly.
And there has never been a build-up of any kind in healthy ears.
If they smell bad then its likely something more serious, like a major mite infestation, fungus (as mentioned) or an ear infection. Time to see the vet if the ears smell or if there is a profuse build-up of anything in there.
Tressie
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, DolphinTrainer <marci1111@...> wrote:
>
> Wow....don't they smell really bad from the build-up though?
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