Ear Hair Plucking
And is she is going to cry and make me feel bad? I just want her to be healthy! |
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| Hi Bethany,
At our last vet visit, they told me I wasn't getting far enough down in the canal and she showed me the way. With long tweezers or hemostats you can go in the canal quite far. She also said there is no risk of damaging anything because the ear goes straight back and then makes a sharp turn, so when you are removing the hair you don't have to worry about that. It takes awhile with Jack and Annabelle to get all the hair. We will do one ear and stop and come back to the other ear later. They don't seem to be in pain, but just uncomfortable. Our pups did cry the first couple of times we did it. I think it was just because it was something new. They don't cry anymore, but will move around when they have had enough. Just go slow and you will be just fine. Oh, I also have my hubby hold them down and sweet talk them. If you can get an extra pair of hands it is a lot easier. Good luck. Stormi and co. |
| Thank you!
We are having a doggy spa night. She is getting the works. The ear plucking-well I am a bit nervous. But I do feel better about it and will get my hubby to hold her down. We do EMDR with her-and it totally works calming her. I will let you know how it turns out (if she does not eat me!) The Zoe monsters furr-less mom. |
| To make ear plucking sooo much easier you can use baby powder or corn starch. Put a little in the ears, rub a bit and then pluck with your fingers. You can grab quite a bit and tug quickly without causing too much pain when there is an ear drying powder in there to combat the oils making it slippery. I have only had to do Dancer once, and she is almost ten months old. She will needs to be done again in a month or two so I think with her it will be a once a year thing. Sky has never been done yet, but I am planning on doing it soon. |
| Get the puppy used to having fingers in the ears by just exploring during a love session. When the doggies are calm and snuggly, I lift the flap, rub the flap, pluck a few hairs in the canal, turn the flap back down then gently move to the mouth to examine the teeth. I may even rub my fingers along the teeth like a tooth brush just to get them used to having fingers in their mouth. Making this exploration part of the snuggle helps calm them to later plucking and brushing. |
| Grannie Annie gave me an instruction on ear plucking at the last NEOESR Board Meeting. She uses a Hemostat (it's an instrument often used in Nursing - it's like a pair of scissors but the end is a "clamp"). She gets a grasp of the hair inside the canal and wraps it around and gently pulls. The dog didn't flinch! I'm sure your Vet and/or a Groomer could show you how. |
| I had some trouble finding hemostats, there were no pet stores that would carry them. My husband went up to the college bookstore and they had very nice surgical steel ones, that they sale to the med students. We picked up a few pairs for $1 each. We needed a few for when the kittens were born and for Jack and Annie's ears. They work amazingly well.
Stormi and co. |
| I tried the plucking.....
She was most unhappy with us. I have hemostats from when I worked EMS but can't find them so I used the tweezers. I will try again when I find or buy the hemostats. |
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