He seemed a little surprised that I would ask for it, but I told him I don't want to take any chances with her ears. I actually asked for the culture after you suggested it in response to a post of mine from last week when I was trying to determine whether to take her to the vet or not, so thank you for that! *smile* I should have the results in a couple of days. He also gave her an allergy shot and she hasn't been itching, which is great, although I don't want her to have them regularly. (I now my allergies have been pretty bad lately). Thanx Callie - He did say that her ear problem could be allergy related, especially with all the "stuff" in the air right now. No, I don't think your vet is 'bad' - but you'll probably want to use a clear liquid cleaner of some sort AFTER treatment to get rid of that debris. I do, occasionally, let Billy's stay 'purple' just because it looks cute as heck - he looks like he's a buffy cocker with "Goth" leanings and he gets all sorts of oohs and ahhs from people who think I dyed his ears for some reason *laughing*. Since I use the Blue Power Ear solution, I often follow the ear cleaning with a paper towel soaked in plain alcohol just to wipe off the 'purple' (it cuts the gentian violet - you don't have to let your dog have purple ears unless you like it *smile*). massage it at the base around the cartilage and then let the dog shake it's head to get rid of debris totally. I don't like using cotton or anything like that to 'clean' ears because you can actually push wax and build-up IN the ears inadvertently (even if you're careful - but I know some folks do it that way). Usually you have to clean the ears a couple of time. You want to finish the tube (so that hopefully the infection won't return) and *then* use some liquid ear cleaner (and this is where I love the Blue Power ear stuff altho it's messy) that you squirt in, massage the base of the ear and then let them shake their head HARD and debris will fling all over the place. and I never liked the fact that it has quite a bit of steroid in it (and Muffin was definitely immune-suppressed so I didn't want to exacerbate that).
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In short what you heard is right - Otomax *can* cause some buildup. but it is great to use as maintenance to avoid ear problems. It's not typically used to 'treat' even a yeast ear *infection*. Zymox is an enzymatic product rather than being a 'drug' and boy, it keeps the ear canals NICE. The other thing I use weekly is Zymox Otic which works awesomely on dogs with allergy-related or 'floppy ear' related ear problems. But I've found the Blue Power Ear solution actually works far better and doesn't create a buildup of the oily residue in the ear. I used to use tons of it when I had Muffin the Intrepid (cocker with mega bad ears). My biggest problem with it is that it's often dispensed with no culture being done at all (which sounds like YOU got done - GOOD FOR YOU!!) and because it's soothing it can 'cover up' a bacterial infection that may go undiagnosed.
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But there's never any instruction from the vet on cleaning it out later. "I have been told that a finding of a small amount, such as 21 picograms, could be consistent with application of this type of ointment."īaffert said at a news conference Sunday at Churchill Downs he did not know how the substance made its way into the colt's system.It's clotrimazole - just like Gyne=lotrimin the ladies anti-yeast cream? yep same stuff except Otomax has a bit of steroid in it to reduce inflammation. "My investigation is continuing, and we do not know for sure if this ointment was the cause of the test results, or if the test results are even accurate, as they have yet to be confirmed by the split sample," Baffert said. Regardless of the reason, Medina Spirit would be disqualified from the Derby and Mandaloun named the winner if a second round of testing shows the presence of betamethasone. Baffert said the horse tested positive for 21 picograms of the substance, which is typically given to horses therapeutically to help their joints and is a violation even at a trace amount on race day in Kentucky.
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In a statement issued by his lawyer, Baffert said Medina Spirit was treated for dermatitis with the ointment once a day leading up to the May 1 race and that equine pharmacology experts have told him this could explain the test results. Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit was treated with an antifungal ointment containing the steroid betamethasone that may have caused the horse to fail a postrace drug test, trainer Bob Baffert said Tuesday.