Good Juju
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Hi everyone!
My little 8 month girl has had itchy ears with wax going all over the place as she scratches her ears with her nails. Sometimes she causes red marks to her face, and most of the time, she has wax on and around her ears and neck. I clean them every few days or once a week. I used to use epi-otic and have recently started rubbing a tiny bit of coconut oil on a cotton ball in and around as it takes the wax off nicely. I make sure no water gets in her ears at bath time as well.
My question is whether this is normal for the breed? My breeder specifically stated that they produce a lot of dark wax and that it is NOT ear mites. However she seems to be bothered by her ears pretty often. She doesn't tilt her ears or shake her head but mostly scratches all the time. She eats Friskies wet food and royal canin dry kibbles and Im wondering if the Friskies is causing yeast overgrowth as I hear Friskies is not the greatest quality of food. I've just been following the breeders orders and she said not to switch the food.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated. She does well with her food and everything else so not sure if I should switch her off of that or not as I know that can wreak havok on the stomach. Also not sure if cleaning the ears too often is also bothersome. Just don't want to ignore it too long and cause her a life of chronic ear infections which is what my last sharpei went through with all those wrinkles in his ears.
Thanks in advance fellow sphynx friends!! much love
My little 8 month girl has had itchy ears with wax going all over the place as she scratches her ears with her nails. Sometimes she causes red marks to her face, and most of the time, she has wax on and around her ears and neck. I clean them every few days or once a week. I used to use epi-otic and have recently started rubbing a tiny bit of coconut oil on a cotton ball in and around as it takes the wax off nicely. I make sure no water gets in her ears at bath time as well.
My question is whether this is normal for the breed? My breeder specifically stated that they produce a lot of dark wax and that it is NOT ear mites. However she seems to be bothered by her ears pretty often. She doesn't tilt her ears or shake her head but mostly scratches all the time. She eats Friskies wet food and royal canin dry kibbles and Im wondering if the Friskies is causing yeast overgrowth as I hear Friskies is not the greatest quality of food. I've just been following the breeders orders and she said not to switch the food.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated. She does well with her food and everything else so not sure if I should switch her off of that or not as I know that can wreak havok on the stomach. Also not sure if cleaning the ears too often is also bothersome. Just don't want to ignore it too long and cause her a life of chronic ear infections which is what my last sharpei went through with all those wrinkles in his ears.
Thanks in advance fellow sphynx friends!! much love
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