I keep a bottle in the house too, i find a couple of days treatment can really nip puffy ears in the bud! Hope it works for you Golden shadow x

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Sun Tzu, Kita and Eiko

yes..the vet told me it also keeps quite a while after opening in the fridge

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Right well my vet says Aurizon is steroidal just like Canaural and Surolan all of which they regularly prescribe and another one I forget the name of.

I asked re another solution bar steroids and he said he's confident we could find one, but non steroidal medicines take longer to work seeing as steroids are an anti inflammatory. He said in his 12 years practicing he has never, ever seen side effects or an adverse reaction due to atopical steroids and thinks its the best way to go for Roo, particularly as he feels its an allergic reaction its just very hard to shift.

I can see his point to be honest, even with Canaural Roo's ears have taken ages to clear up and generally speaking being an anti inflammatory the steroid seems to get rid of a lot of his pain quite quickly too. Vet also said realistically the only time you would expect to see effects is if he was needing steroids long term/daily as opposed to just applying creams every couple months which is hopefully all he'll need...

Under instruction now to put tiny bits of Fuciderm (steroid) gel on sore patches like that as soon as they appear twice a day for a day or two so as to avoid him needing a steroid injection and the like. On his body I'm more than happy to slap Dermacton on but I'm a bit dubious with his ears so will see how we get on.

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That really doesn't sound too bad Hope it works quickly!

Yeah thanks

I don't know if we'll ever find out the cause, but if I can even use the steroid gel to keep him out of the vets all the time that'd be a great help. As you know he's turned three years old today, and he's averaged a vet visit every four weeks of his life so far

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I hope you soon start to see a massive improvement in Rupert and that the gel keeps things under control so no more vets visits are needed.

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i know the feeling about spending too much time in and out of the vets, at one point we were visiting every other day (every day for 1 week) until i learnt to give maddie her injections my self) all we want is for our friends to be happy and comfortable.

Good to hear you've been and are happy with the outcome. Hope Rupert is better v soon.

A BIG birthday kiss from Heidi X

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"Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own”

Argh I do hate steroids, he's been panting himself silly all day and is drinking bucket loads

Must remember to put some Fuciderm on later..!

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