bites on her ears

Hi, I noticed that Sasha was scratching her left ear a bit, she let me take a look she has 3 what look to me like gnat bites I think she got them from the longer grass at the end of the garden. I have tried to stop her scratching her ear but im not with her all the time. The problem is now she is making her ear red and has a graze at the back where she has scratched it too much. I have cleaned it just with boiled water is there anything that I can give her without a trip to the vets   . Thanks as always xx

You could give her an antihistamine, this should stop her scratching it. Do you have any oloe vera gel ? this is very cooling and will ease the soreness if gently spread on the effected area

Hi I have banana boat aloe vera after sun gel is that the same thing xx

I'm not sure, if it's a bit sore maybe some sudocrem? And a piriton for the itching xx

Shes letting me clean it, its mainly during the night that she must be scratching because we are with her during the day and shes very good snd stops when we tell her too. I will try an antihistamine tonight and if it doesn't stop in a couple of days I will pop her into the vet xx

Sudocrem works like a dream to ease itchiness and sores.

I wouldnt use the after sun gel, if you have no pure Aloe vera gel then yes sudocreme and a half of Piriton twice a day xx

janfrost489 wrote:Hi I have banana boat aloe vera after sun gel is that the same thing xx

That sounds like the same stuff that we have, is it green ? try to apply to the area if you can.

Hi kathy yes its green, on the bottle it says pure aloe vera gel xx

I cleaned it earlier and it looks like she has several bites on the flp of her ear but the ear lob and a bit inside the ear lob is red and a bit sore where she has been scratching it xx

The gel will help to soothe the irritation on her ears, this is what we put on Rocky if he gets any insect bites that are causing him to scratch.

If you have any antihistamines you can give her half of one this will also help to ease the irritation

She will let me apply some shes really good as she is used to me looking and cleaning her ears if needed. I check them each week thats how I saw them normally I only do it so thst dhe gets used to it just in case she needs to visit the vet for a checkup her ears are normally really clean. I will go do it now and give her half an antihistamine at bed time so she doesn't scratch in the night xx

Keep checking them each day, if no improvement a visit to the vet would be in order

I will its bank holiday here so if no better by tuesday will def pop her in xx