The Ultimate Guide to Treating Dog Ear Mites‼️📛

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🌈 **What are Ear Mites?**
Ear mites, also known as Otodectes, are a type of parasite that lives in the external ear canal. Dogs with ear mites typically have black-brown debris with a foul smell in their ear canal, which can be directly observed.

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🌈 **How to Diagnose Ear Mites**
Follow these steps to check if your furry friend has ear mites!
1. Your dog frequently shakes its head or scratches its ears, often accompanied by a foul odor.
2. When you flip your dog’s ear, you see wet, brownish stuff, and it smells bad.
3. In severe cases, touching the ears can cause pain and resistance, resulting in ear hematomas, inflammation, or allergies.
4. A visit to the pet clinic for a microscopic examination can reveal moving oval-shaped mites (individual tests cost $3-7, typically included in a basic health check).

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🌈 **Treatment for Ear Mites**
**Tools you need:**
- Hemostatic forceps
- Cotton pads/Q-tips
- Ear cleaning solution

1. Ear Rinse
2. Boric acid and camphor ear drops

🌈 **Cleaning Method:**
1. **Applying Ear Cleaning Solution:**
Stabilize your dog's head and thoroughly apply the ear cleaning solution into the deep ear canal. Gently massage the base of the ears; if you hear water and bubble sounds, it means you’ve applied enough solution. This allows the solution to fully contact the inner ear walls and dissolve the dirt.

2. **Automatic Shake-Off:**
Let go of your dog's head and allow it to shake its head freely to expel the dirt. (Pro tip: use a large tissue to block any splatter that might hit you.)

3. **Prepare Secondary Cleaning Tools:**
Wrap a cotton pad around the tip of the hemostatic forceps, and apply ear cleaning solution on it. A Q-tip can be used as a substitute.

4. **Removing Remaining Dirt:**
Gently pull the ear open with one hand and use the hemostatic forceps or Q-tip to clean the ear canal from the inside out. Ensure the cotton pad is tightly clamped to prevent it from falling off.

5. **Medication Application:**
After cleaning visible debris, apply a small amount (roughly the size of a soybean) of ear ointment deep into the ear and massage the base.

6. **Final Touches:**
Wipe off any excess medication that may have gotten on the fur outside the ear.

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