I have three pitbulls that are always itching their ears. One is 4 years and the others are only eight months. I have two other pitbulls that are just fine so I don't know what could be causing it. Are there any home treatments I can try to either stop the itching or relieve the problem? I heard of mixing alcohol, peroxide, and apple cider vinegar but I lost the measurements. If you have the measurements or any other home remedies please let me know.
If its all the time my guess is allergies as well. What are you feeding? Where do you live, change in seasons also triggers them in my boy, I started giving him local honey and bee pollen and he has not needed Benadryl yet (knock on wood). I got his food allergies under control so far so good for my boy. He used to head shake, ear scratch, paw lick, sneeze, water/running eyes. Lots of signs. If its 2 dogs and not the third I would think they would all have ear mites, but have you looked and and checked them out? To rule out yeast infections or bugs, but if you dont see anything I would try a few days of Benadryl and see if it helps. No other signs? No paw licking etc?
I'm not sure if they have ear mites but I found a remedy online that was mixing the alcohol, peroxide and apple cider vinegar. The itching comes and goes with the older one and the smaller ones just started
They don't have any paw licking or itchy eyes. We live in New Mexico and there is A LOT of dirt. It may be that their ears are just very dry? I will be changing my food and I will be trying the benedryl.
I would give it a go and see if its allergy related,if it stops them from itching them more power to ya. If not then you know. I feed grain free, NOT chicken based kibbles, every dog is different but its worth a shot.
Thank you all so much for the help. I will be reading up on it and will be trying what I need to try to make my babies better. THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH!!!!
Most of these dogs have a chicken allergy and grain allergy. My boy does and since getting him off it he is doing great. I just stopped giving him the chicken kibble and he gets fish now.
If she's not having issues and you're happy with ingredients I wouldn't. How old is she though? Cain's allergies didn't start to appear until he was 6-7 months old. Our new puppy doesn't show any signs yet though but he's still young.
You can google it and look at ingredients online. Then go to the health and nutrition section here and in the stickies there's a food comparison/rating guide so you can see what the kibble is rated.
My pit mix had bad allergies and it affected his ears the most. He would scratch them until they bled. We switched to grain free and went through many types of protein. He had allergy pills BUT ended up having seizures due to them.. Finally, after a year, a friend suggested California Naturals Kangaroo and Red Lentils and he is so much better! He still has some bad days but nothing like before. Never believed switching a food could make such a huge difference. Good luck!
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