[Alpacasite] Re: Inner Ear Infection

Thank you Alice and Rachelle,
Yes, we did do a culture of material the vet at OSU was able to
collect from the outer ear canal, but the culture grew 10 organisms,
so not definite enough to use as a diagnostic. At that time, one
recommendation was a more agressive antibiotic treatment, but my
thought was that we had been down that route, with seemingly little
sucess, so that is why I opted for the homeopathic route.

Since we are indeed dealing with an inner ear, not outer ear canal
infection, the use of ear flushes has not been considered as a
viable option to this date.

Since she has been off antibiotics now for six weeks now, I wonder
if that might not be an option again, but most of the vets I am
talking with are not optimistic that would do the trick.

Thank you also to all the others who have contacted me offsight.
There is a wealth of information out there in the alpaca community.
I'm sorry for the error in my email address in the first post.
That's what happens when one doesn't proofread. :-)
Thanks again,
Linda Buttolph
Stonyridge Alpacas
www.stonyridgealpacas.com
stonyridge@bctonline.com

--- In Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com, "Wyatt Black" <wyattblack@e...>
wrote:
>
> I am sorry, I lost the original post! Please do contact Dr.
Pollard, we use his homeopathic remedies extensively.
> He has a wonderful ear flush (might not be good if there is a hole
in the eardrum, but for later) as well as a sort of cream that is
very good in times of ear infection.
> Has your vet actually been able to see the eardrum to see if there
is perforation? Perhaps you should discuss Baytril with your vet.
It is another good antibiotic that we have seen used in lingering
infections like this.
>
> Long ago we had a male who got a tick bite in his ear that caused
an infection, he suffered partial facial paralysis as a result, and
we almost lost him.
> We had ear cream twice a day, Nuflor every other day for a total
of seven shots, and another ear flush product. His eye was affected
so we used drops to keep it moist as he couldn't close it all the
way.
> He still has some lingering paralysis but recovered nicely from
the infection. Perhaps your baby's ear canals are even smaller than
the average alpaca? That does happen in humans (take me for
example, can't even equalize under water)
>
> All me if you want and I will give you the vet's number who made
up our batch of 'ear cream'.
> Best of luck, and call if you need to!
> Rachelle
>
>
>
> Wyatt & Rachelle Black
> Black Magic Alpaca Ranch
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> 93243
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> 661-248-6568
>
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:25:28 EST
> From: fpalpacas@a...
> Subject: Re: Inner Ear Infection
>
> Is there some way to get a culture of what is going on in that ear
and
> determine exactly what you are dealing with so as to know exactly
what to give?
> Some antibiotics work better on certain things than others. Alice
>
>
> Fred and Alice Brown
> Forever Precious Alpacas
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