Scabs on ears?
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Scabs on ears?
Lately when I bring my dog in at night Ive noticed the hair on his ears are wet. I figured some other dogs had licked them or something. No big deal. Well tonight I looked closer while I was inspecting for ticks and I noticed on the outside of his ears where they are wet there are scabs. Its not like he was scratched or in a fight but they are just little scab spots on the outside flap of his ears. Is this a heat rash or something? Has anyone else had this problem? Could it be a flea or tick or something? Thats what my mom thought but if it were I would have thought those scabs would have been all over his body. Could it possibly be all these flys that are biting? They normally bite his nose but they dont leave scabs like these they kinda just stop bleeding. Any thoughts on what it could be? I can try to get some pics up if I can
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Re: Scabs on ears?
Around here the black flies have been terrible for the last few weeks. I would guess the scabs might be from some kind of insect.
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+1 i say flies for sure..ive gotten dogs from rescue that the ears have exactly what you are describing and ive been around horses my hole life as well and the flies eat their ears up..get some stuff from the vet to help protect the ears, i use vasceline but my dogs arent out all that long so your best bet is to first confirm what it is with the vet, then prevent further damage and they might have something more effective if the dogs has to be outside, good luck....ruthjlp8cornell wrote:Around here the black flies have been terrible for the last few weeks. I would guess the scabs might be from some kind of insect.
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Re: Scabs on ears?
Flies. Use an antibiotic ointment.
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Vicks is cheap and does a great job of keeping flies and gnats off of the dogs ears as well as yours when you are outside.
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Re: Scabs on ears?
Flies are heck on dog ears in the summer, a lot of my dogs have been full time outside dogs (fenced yard/kennel) and I've frequently had to deal with this issue. Like someone else mentioned vicks works, but I tend to use bag balm - it's a Vaseline-like substance so it coats and protects the ears like vicks,but it also has antibiotic and healing properties to it, to speedily heal up spots that have already gotten chewed up. It's also good for yourself, heals cuts and bruises faster, it's good stuff. The only thing better that I know of is Burts' Bees Miracle Salve, but it's more expensive.
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Re: Scabs on ears?
Thanks for the info yall. Here are a couple pics
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Re: Scabs on ears?
Fly bites. Add Boudreaux's Butt Paste to the list of of good stuff to put on owees.
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I was looking at pictures. That just looks like summer crud from moisture. I would keep them clean and just use supermarket Sulfodene.
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Use bio spot it works for about 30 days , apply as directed and rub some on ears.