cleaning ears

[Joe67 239]

noticed the hobs ears have few bits of wax here and there,whats the best way of cleaning his ears?the wax is dark,how can i rule out mites?

 

 

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[Joe67 239]

if i try add more than one imageshack url the forum blocks my ip,heres second picture

 

 

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[ferrety f 23]

If the wax is dark brown / black and looks like ground coffee its earmites and needs treating.

[Joe67 239]

alright mate thanks,can you recommend best stuff to buy?ill take him to the vets if need be,but if its easy enough to do i dont mind.

[rob190364 2,594]

I don't know if its just bad pics but that ferret doesn't look well to me, is it alert and lively etc?

[Ferret mad Dave 65]

Rob I was just thinking that it looks dead ??

[ferret100 47]

If the ear wax is dark red/brown, that's a pretty good sign of ear mites. Your ferret needs ivermectin. Use Beaphar Anti-Parasite Spot-On for Small Animals. It really is best to weigh your ferret to get the dosage right. Too much is an overdose, but too little won't kill them all (mites that is, not ferrets!). You can pick the Beaphar stuff up from Pets at Home.

 

Plus this stuff will also treat your ferret for ticks and roundworms as well as ear mites.

 

Put the spot-on on the scruff of the neck and leave away from other ferrets for a good few hours, longer the better, that way no ferrets can lick and ingest the stuff.

 

Best of luck.

[polecat84 1]

alright mate thanks,can you recommend best stuff to buy?ill take him to the vets if need be,but if its easy enough to do i dont mind.

i got some stuff called thornit which is for earmites and canker off ebay very good stuff and will last you a very long time think i paid £5 for it.

[rob190364 2,594]

Rob I was just thinking that it looks dead ??

that would be a major disadvantage when ferreting

 

definitely something not right with that ferret though, I'd take it to the vets ASAP.

[Jingo 6]

new to ferreting myself, but i bought a hob which had similar problem dirt or wax in the ears cleaned it once and it hasnt returned. been over a month now

[Joe67 239]

thanks for the help guys

 

the pics are not the best,he was licking some ferret tone at the time,as for being livly lol hell yeah!!eats like fook and runs about in garden,jumps about and digs etc,also trys to break into the other hutch trying to get his way with the jill.if i thought he was ill he would be at the vet straight away

 

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[jackwhippet 3]

He's got a funny looking mask mate

[Ideation 8,216]

He's got a funny looking mask mate

 

 

It's just light coloring mate, i got a few that range from very faint to dark as f**k proper zoro masks

[scothunter 12,609]

never cleaned a ferts ears in my life.

[rob190364 2,594]

thanks for the help guys

 

the pics are not the best,he was licking some ferret tone at the time,as for being livly lol hell yeah!!eats like fook and runs about in garden,jumps about and digs etc,also trys to break into the other hutch trying to get his way with the jill.if i thought he was ill he would be at the vet straight away

 

heres another couple pics

that's more like it!