Pet Herbal Info Blog

posted by Tess on Mar 19

Pets are a major responsibility and once you have decided to own a pet it is your responsibility to ensure that they are healthy and active. Though there are many issues, medical and otherwise, that you will have to reckon with, the hygiene and cleanliness of your pet is one aspect that you will need to maintain constantly.

Dog ears are often neglected while giving your dog a bath or ensuring overall grooming. Your dog may be squeaky clean from the outside and may have an extremely shiny coat, but if you have not ensured that his ears are cleaned every week, there is a high probability that your dog is slowly becoming a breeding ground for ear mites and bacteria.

Dog ear mites are less common than cat ear mites . But they can get extremely frustrating, if unattended, since they can develop into larger and more complicated issues. Dog ear mites can also cause behavioral changes in your pet that can lead him to be irritable and moody. And surely, the last thing that you would want to do is to have your pet put to sleep due to some aggressive behavior that occurs due to an ear infection.

One of the main reasons for ear infections like dog ear mites is the fact that some dog breeds have ear flaps that cover the ear canal. The covered, humid and warm area of the outer ear canal causes the ear mites, bacteria and yeast to grow in large numbers. Even though conventional medications and home remedies for dog ear mites can help in such cases, the recurrence of ear infections can cause a fair amount of distress. And therefore, to avoid such complications many owners decide to get ear implants done for their pets.

The procedure of exposing the ear canal to some extent has undergone a significant change over the past few years. The earlier method involved cutting away two-thirds of the ear flaps and stitching the edges together. This procedure was generally performed on puppies to ensure that the canal received adequate amounts of air and therefore remained dry. Though the cropping procedure altered the shape of the ear to a large extent and therefore altered the appearance of the dog, it did not serve any functional purpose.

But with the development of silicone ear implants, the solution for cropping up dog ears has undergone a dramatic change. Today ear transplants address the problem of drooping or sagging ears without cutting off any part of the ear.

The process of an ear implant in dogs is fairly simple. An instrument shaped like a cylinder is used to cut into the ear. A lateral end is used to help in directing the cylinder in the right manner. A sheath is then slid into the area created by the cylinder and the cylinder is withdrawn leaving an open ended tunnel in the ear. The ear implant is pushed into place and it is therefore embedded in the duct. The duct encloses the over the implant and the original opening made is closed with a small suture.

The entire procedure of a dog ear implant does not cause any pain. The time taken is extremely low. But in spite of the process being humane, there are ethical issues that are being raised about the interference with natural processes and appearance. Those against the concept argue that altering the look of your dog just because you feel that ear hygiene will be a tedious task is not justified. Those in favor of ear implants contend that it causes only minimal pain and that it should be done to avoid likely ear infections and complications.

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