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HEAD TILT?

Kirsty

Kirsty

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Hi all,
Yesterday I noticed a very slight head tilt in biscuit. When he walked around etc it wasn't there but when he was sleeping or chilling that's when he has it slight. He gets bad ears with wax but HATES me touching them so it's difficult to clean out, so last night I put some otedex in his ears as I've used it before on him. This morning I can't seem to spot him doing the head tilt at all!? would the treatment I gave worked already? Should I take him to the vets still? He's fine in himself and I haven't noticed any excess scratching etc
 
@Kirsty You shouldn't home treat medical issues. If you take him to the vet they'll be able to treat him correctly and make sure he's not got an ear infection. He's got something going on if he has wax issues.

Head tilt can be permanent if the issue is left untreated or becomes serious, so it's definitely worth popping him along to the vet.
 
I wouldn't never self treat unless I new what I was doing. The otedex is good for clearing his wax that's why it was used. He has always had a very waxy ear in his left since he was a baby, I've managed to treat it with otedex and it's been fine but as I'm going away on Monday and leaving them with my mum i thought it be best to get another opinion. Thanks
 
If you're going away and your mum is confident in giving medication it will be worth nipping him down the vets where he might get a course of antibiotics, one of my own has a tilt, although not related to her ears she does suffer excessive wax build ups as she's a curly breed which are more prone to it. While we were trying to figure out what was causing her tilt we were given a pretty long course of antibiotics to rule out ear infections as they can be hard to shift and risk spreading to the brain due to how close the ear is to that area. So if in doubt id have him checked over, better safe than sorry!
 
Just come back from the exotic vets! She checked his ears and no infection and no mites etc! She suspects he was just irritated by the wax and gave his ears a good clean out, she doesn't feel the need for any antibiotics so she said to leave him be and just keep an eye on his head tilt just incase it comes back, as his head tilt seems to have gone already! Bless him so that's all good news :) X
 
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