Awesome...thans sooooo much is that safe for cats too? ----- Original Message ----- From: Carlene Yasak To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:40 AM Subject: CS>Gunky dog ears
If it's mites and not a yeast infection, here is a natural remedy I found on the web from a vet for my sister's cocker spaniels who are prone to ear infections. Homemade, natural, ear mite treatment suggestion: Step 1: Make a mixture of 1/2 ounce of almond or olive oil and 400 IU vitamin E in a dropper bottle. Warm to body temperature and put about 1/2 dropperful in the ear, massaging the ear canal well for a minute or so. Let your pet shake its head and then gently clean out the opening with cotton swabs. Q-tip type applicators many times compact material already in the ear canal. Apply the oil every other day for six days. Then let the ears rest for 3 days. (The oil mixture will smother many of the mites and start a healing process.) Step 2: Using Yellow Dock Root Extract, dilute it with water, 9 drops to 1 Tblsp of water. Treat the ears with this mixture, as described above, once every 3 days for 6 weeks. Ear mite eggs are quite resistant to just about anything after they have already hardened, that is why a 6 week period of treatment is recommended. The eggs will continue to hatch out in cycles and if medicine is present for 6 continuous weeks (medicine administered will last for four days) there will be no more eggs present. You may need to thoroughly shampoo the head and ears (and the tip of the tail), because the mites can leave the ears; they do like to go for night trips to check out the terrain. and might crawl back in after treatment. The tip of the tail may have a few mites from when it is curled near the head. Make a tea infusion of Yellow Dock and use it as a final rinse. Supplementation with garlic and brewer's yeast can also help. And thank you to the person who posted the vinegar recipe for yeast infections which I will pass on. Carlene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.7/2421 - Release Date: 10/07/09 20:49:00
