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I new basset's had ear problems, but I feel like Daisy's is a weird case. Lately, I've had to clean her ears every day, and it's an excess of dark dirt...which is what it's been ever since I've gotten her.
I took her to the vet for an ear exam about 2 months ago and she had a slight infection, at least the vet said he found "bacteria" in the test results. So, I gave her ear drops and everything was good. Until I took her to get her shots and spayed (my permanent vet), which would be a month ago, and I told her about the recent ear infection, and she was concerned that it didn't completely clear up, and it was probably a yeast infection in her ear. There were no test taken, I just got the medication to give.
Now, her ears seem dirtier than normal, and she always groans and itches her ears. I called the vet to get some medication to see if it clears it up finally, I'm just not sure what to do, because if a test just shows an infection and its more than that, I can't afford to keep taking her back to the vet every month...I hope that's not a terrible thing to say, but I'm a college student and can't exactly afford random $100 visits.
I guess I'm just asking if there is anyone out there that has similar experiences, and possible how to PREVENT an ear infection, or irritation.
Daisy is an indoor dog, and doesn't get into lots of crazy things, so she's pretty clean too.
I took her to the vet for an ear exam about 2 months ago and she had a slight infection, at least the vet said he found "bacteria" in the test results. So, I gave her ear drops and everything was good. Until I took her to get her shots and spayed (my permanent vet), which would be a month ago, and I told her about the recent ear infection, and she was concerned that it didn't completely clear up, and it was probably a yeast infection in her ear. There were no test taken, I just got the medication to give.
Now, her ears seem dirtier than normal, and she always groans and itches her ears. I called the vet to get some medication to see if it clears it up finally, I'm just not sure what to do, because if a test just shows an infection and its more than that, I can't afford to keep taking her back to the vet every month...I hope that's not a terrible thing to say, but I'm a college student and can't exactly afford random $100 visits.
I guess I'm just asking if there is anyone out there that has similar experiences, and possible how to PREVENT an ear infection, or irritation.
Daisy is an indoor dog, and doesn't get into lots of crazy things, so she's pretty clean too.