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Posted by phtasha on February 08, 2003 at 10:40:16:

In Reply to: Chronic yeast posted by michele608 on February 07, 2003 at 17:55:54:

:New here, but I visit other forums (We have quite a menagerie :))
:I'm hoping someone has some ideas or experience with chronic yeast. We have a 2 year old female mix-breed rescue animal. A year ago she came to us in far better condition than the rescue org found her, but she came with yeast in her ears that we CANNOT get rid of! She has to be anesthetized to have them cleaned (She has some emotional issues and phobias we have had to work on as well) so we have only done that once but she has been on multiple series of diflucan and ketoconazole and Tresaderm drops (The application of which is an utter nightmare!) After each treatment she will improve, only to begin to suffer again within a month. She eats a chicken-rice based food. She is an indoor crate-trained dog without kennel bedding.
:Any common experiences or ideas out there?
:Thank you so much.
:michele

Michele, is she a droopy-eared dog? For instance, like a lab, with ears that hang down? Yeast need warmth and dark for an environment to grow in (and the right pH), and droopy-eared dogs provide that environment with their ear-set. My lab had chronic yeast problems for a while and I went through several courses of panalog and antifungals with the vet. The panalog didn't work as well as I'd hoped and I asked if I could use Neosporin instead. He agreed and okayed me using hydrogen peroxide to clean her ears and neosporin to coat the insides with. Check with your vet about using such a course for cleaning (like every day for a while) and see what he/she says. If it is okayed I will go through how I did it with you.

Tasha

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