So Beau's ears are gunky again. I have the small, white bottle of Otibiotic Ointment, which has a thin, straw-like, hard-plastic end that sticks out of the bottle about an inch.
In the past, I've been too afraid to cram that hard plastic straw down inside Beau's (squirming, moving) ear, and so mostly ended up placing a blob of ointment around the visible external area surrounding the ear canal. I then did my best to rub it in a bit, as directed. To make matters even more fun, after a day or two, some of the ointment always ends up on Beau's ear hair, resulting in a greasy, matted mess instead of his usually fluffy ears.
Am I doing it right? Should I be inserting that skinny tube all the way down into his ear canal? (I know the ear drum is behind a curve, and so can't be easily pierced, but still.) And if so, how do you know how much -- if any -- ointment has been instilled? What about dispensing a blob of the white Otibiotic goo onto a cotton swab, and using that to apply it? Any tips appreciated!
In the past, I've been too afraid to cram that hard plastic straw down inside Beau's (squirming, moving) ear, and so mostly ended up placing a blob of ointment around the visible external area surrounding the ear canal. I then did my best to rub it in a bit, as directed. To make matters even more fun, after a day or two, some of the ointment always ends up on Beau's ear hair, resulting in a greasy, matted mess instead of his usually fluffy ears.
Am I doing it right? Should I be inserting that skinny tube all the way down into his ear canal? (I know the ear drum is behind a curve, and so can't be easily pierced, but still.) And if so, how do you know how much -- if any -- ointment has been instilled? What about dispensing a blob of the white Otibiotic goo onto a cotton swab, and using that to apply it? Any tips appreciated!