Help please

[road61]

rudy has been scratching his ears i cleaned with ear wash and qtip still scratiching can i do anything else??

[Ellie May]

You might need to go to the vet.

It could be:
Ear Mites
Yeast Infection
Food Allergies
Environmental Allergies
Another type of Mite
Other

Are you pulling gunk out when you clean them?
If you are, what color is it?
Are the ear flaps crusty?
What food are you feeding?
When did this start?
Is it just the ears affected?

[Yorkiekids]

You probably want to bring him to the vet for all the reasons Ellie suggested. It may just continue to get worse.

[BamaFan121s]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

You might need to go to the vet.

It could be:
Ear Mites
Yeast Infection
Food Allergies
Environmental Allergies
Another type of Mite
Other

Are you pulling gunk out when you clean them?
If you are, what color is it?
Are the ear flaps crusty?
What food are you feeding?
When did this start?
Is it just the ears affected?

This is good advice! I would suspect one of 3 causes: infection, mites, allergies

[feminvstr]

Originally Posted by road61

rudy has been scratching his ears i cleaned with ear wash and qtip still scratiching can i do anything else??

call your vet get revolution...it will kill most anything in or outside the ear...

[coroth]

It sounds like what Beau has...he has what my vet calls CHRONIC ear infections. No matter how many times a day/week/month I clean his years, he seems to have a yeast infection EVERY time we go to the vet for a check up or whatever. She says that since yorkies have hairy ears, the bacteria LOVES it there. The yeast infection is easy to kill though, just a little goop in them each day for a couple of weeks and your baby will be itchy free IF it is a yeast infection.

[MIZBROWN]

Id say check with your vet about it

[Yorkiedaze]

Originally Posted by coroth

It sounds like what Beau has...he has what my vet calls CHRONIC ear infections. No matter how many times a day/week/month I clean his years, he seems to have a yeast infection EVERY time we go to the vet for a check up or whatever. She says that since yorkies have hairy ears, the bacteria LOVES it there. The yeast infection is easy to kill though, just a little goop in them each day for a couple of weeks and your baby will be itchy free IF it is a yeast infection.

You can help with that by keeping the hair pulled from inside the ear. That hair can stay damp and breed bacteria. Another major cause from yeast infections is commercial dog food. Have you tried a simple real food diet to see if that doesn't help?