My dog started shaking his head a lot today. I immediately thought

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Ear mites?
2016-05-10 16:49:12 Post No. 2119280
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Ear mites? 2016-05-10 16:49:12 Post No. 2119280 [Report]

My dog started shaking his head a lot today. I immediately thought ear mites but his ears are perfectly clean and I thought that there would at least be redness if there were mites. I also haven't seen him scratching his ears or leaning his head to a side, just shaking his head.

Should I just go ahead and buy some more drops? Should I worry about transmission to my cat? Do I need to go to the vet before I get the drops?

I just brought both of them to the vet about a month ago where the cat had to have surgery so my savings are a bit depleted. I can do the vet again if I need it but it would cause a bit of strain

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Anonymous 2016-05-10 17:03:36 Post No.2119286
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Anonymous 2016-05-10 17:03:36 Post No.2119286 [Report]

>>2119280
Call your vet for some regular ear cleaner, clean 2x a day until he stops

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Anonymous 2016-05-10 18:38:23 Post No.2119335
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Anonymous 2016-05-10 18:38:23 Post No.2119335 [Report]

You can just call your vet for a consultation on what to do. They might just recommend ear cleaner as a first step, or they might suspect something else and want you to come in. There are lots of other things that can cause your dog to shake his had.

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Anonymous 2016-05-10 19:05:09 Post No.2119353
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Anonymous 2016-05-10 19:05:09 Post No.2119353 [Report]

If it's just started today, his ears look clean and he doesn't seem overly distressed or showing other weird symptoms, I'd give him a day or two before taking action. It may be something silly like a bug bite or somehow getting water in his ears.

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Anonymous 2016-05-11 19:45:27 Post No.2120035
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>>2119286
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>>2119353
Thanks guys. For whatever reason he stopped today. I'll watch him and call the vet for some cleaner if it comes back

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Anonymous 2016-05-12 15:41:14 Post No.2120587
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My dog started doing this one day. Cleaned his ears and it seemed to not bother him anymore even though I didn't see anything.

The next day I saw him doing pic related. Turns out the little retard was getting snow in his ears and it was melting in there.