Please help with ear problem
I have a 7 year old male Cocker (chevy) who has been treated by a Homeopathic Vet for the past 2 years for Vaccine damage.
Vaccine's made him very aggressive, At the time his Allopath mentioned Rage syndrom... After 2 years of Homeopathic treatment his rage is gone.
chevy's ears were alway's excellent to the eye in health until October of 06.
I tried a new food on him ( what I thought was a high quality pet food ) & the more I think about it the more I think this food has something to do with the ear issue. Not sure if I'm allowed to name the food here or not. It was in October of 06 that I tried this food on him. I discovered metal particles in the food coming from the bag, it looked like glitter in the food.
Ear's became inflamed & very waxy with the wax being very dark brown & thick, almost tar like. They itched him & he was constantly shaking his head, panting & rubbing his ear's on the carpet. The Homeopath prescribed Sulphur in 30c which helped but the problem returned.
I then took him to a Holistic Vet & she looked at his ears & said it was ruptured Tympanic membranes in both ears. She suggested I clean the ears with a water & Apple cider vinegar solution & to use Causticum in 30c.
The Causticum helped but the Sulphur worked better. The ear condition returned with both remedies though.
I then went back to the Homeopath & discussed with him my suspicion's with this food. I started putting a mixture of Raw Garlic, Olive oil & Acidopholus in his ears & he was put on Thuja 30c 5 pellets for 5 day's with Acidopholus included in every meal.
Originally on a 1 to 10 scale the discomfort level was a 10 & the appearance was also a 10, ( 10 being the worse).
After the Thuja we went on to Petroleum 30 c along with a Homeopathic supplement called Fast Track Gel. Discomfor level dropped to a 3 & appearance dropped to an 8. Stayed on this cycle for 14 day's.
After the petroleum we went on to Graphites 30c for 5 day's but that seemed to aggravate the ears. We were back to panting & pacing with his ear's bothering him alot. Discomfort level went back up so I antidoted with Nux Vom 12c. I will mention also that with the Graphites worm's started appearing in his feces. A small white rice looking kind & also a flesh colored type. He was also very thirsty & panting. Homeopath then put him on Calc Carb 30c in the A.M. & Ars Album 30c in the P. M. & the flesh colored worm's started coming out in clusters. ( I am still putting the raw garlic, olive oil , acidopholus mixture in his ears at this time which seem's to disperse the wax somewhat making it easier for me to remove ).
After the calc carb & ars he was put on a Homeopathic wormer & the worm's were then taken care of. They are gone now.
The end of January 07 the ears started acting up again with panting, pacing, itching, redness & still thick wax.
He was then prescribed Calc carb 30c in the AM & Pulsitilla in the PM for 10 day's. I noticed the wax in his right ear was starting to come out in flakes at this time but there was still alot of thick dark brown wax.
Early March he was put on Tellorium in 30c but that seemed to have no effect at all.
Since then I have been trying to keep them as clean as possible & using Mullein Oil in them when they are bothering him which is often.
Normally when they are inflamed, itchy & bothering him he has to go outside immediately & has diahrea. He seems to get a little relief when outside in the air also..
Any suggestions?
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