After a busy weekend I noticed on my daily walk with Sasha that her ears were bothering her for some reason. Whilst walking she would shake her head about a bit, walk on for a period of time before her ears would droop and she'd shake her head again. I had a feeling that I knew what was up, so I carried the walk on as normal so as not to alarm her that something was bothering me to allow me to check her ears once we got back home.
After our walks she always demands a small bowl of milk - a daily ritual that she will not allow us to forget about! Once she'd had her treat and settled down, I collected her medicine box and set about sorting out this problem, as she was still scratching and rubbing away at her ears. First of all I looked into her ears using a small torch I had handy to inspect her ears one by one, just to check that something hadn't somehow gotten stuck in her ears; fortunately nothing had, so it was exactly what I thought - she had a painful wax build-up.
This isn't the first time that I've had this problem with her; in the past we've visited our vet and been given special medicine that helps clear away the gunk and helps with the irritation. She not particularly fond of the process of cleaning her ears, as it involves dripping the medicine inside her ear canal before scrubbing away the gunk with a cotton pad - she accompanies the cleaning time with nips at my hand, whining and a LOT of wriggling to get away, but I always stay firm and stop her getting away. Getting her to roll over so that I can do the other ear is another matter entirely...
In a few days time I'll have to apply the other half of the medicine mix and clean her ears out again, and hopefully that will stop the irritation for now. It's a shame that she suffers from this as her ears have always been quite sensitive and it makes it very difficult for her to relax whilst her ears are hurting her. Fortunately the bottles of medicine we got from the vet a while back have lasted a long time, meaning that we haven't had to claim much for this ongoing illness - helping keep our premiums at the nice and low rates that they are currently at - something I have to thank Animal Friends Pet Insurance for!
In other news I'm trial-running keeping the heating off during the day to save money - so far Sasha doesn't seem to mind, and I'm hoping that she isn't feeling the cold whilst I'm at work; if she seems huddled up or cold when I get home I'll make sure to keep it on for longer, and perhaps I need to pay attention to the forecast for those days when the temperature will drop.
The cold made my camera seize up over the weekend so I've not managed to get any pictures yet, so I may have to resort to using a phone camera or other alternative in the mean time; in either case, I'll get some pictures up soon! Ciao!
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