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Dog's ear is red, seems to be inflammed

falabo · 2012-08-27 21:42:08

She is also shaking her head and scratching it, not making things any better. I cant see any wax after removing a bit. She will go to the vet tomorrow but in the meantime I was wondering if I could put a bit oh hydrocortisone cream on her. Its the cream I have used for my spidder bites, name is Cortopin 1% Would loove to…

27-08-2012 10:42pm

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falabo

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She is also shaking her head and scratching it, not making things any better. I cant see any wax after removing a bit. She will go to the vet tomorrow but in the meantime I was wondering if I could put a bit oh hydrocortisone cream on her. Its the cream I have used for my spidder bites, name is Cortopin 1%
Would loove to give her a bit of relief. Its not bad at all and not scratching much but it still upsets me
Thanks for any advise

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#2 28-08-2012 12:27am

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Not sure if hydrocortisone is the answer...

Have you tried putting used teabags on the ear, OP? Tea is astringent so might cool down the ear a bit.

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