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[RC] Vets-OT Vestibular disease in Dane pup - Maryanne Gabbani

One of my neighbours has a six month old female Great Dane who had a tick infestation in her ears that left her with a serious middle and inner ear infection in her right ear. X-rays have shown that the infection and inflammation in the outer and middle ears is fine, but there is residual infection in the vestibular area. The pup plays, eats, drinks, sleeps...is normal in every respect other than the fact that she holds her head on one side and gets a bit unbalanced at time. He has been told that the only solution for this situation is very expensive and difficult surgery, which would be very hard to do here in Egypt. Our veterinary services leave rather a lot to be desired, to say the least. My friend is not at all sure about trying a surgery that he has been told has only a 15% success rate and is inclined to do anything and everything to help the pup survive and overcome this on her own. At this point anti-inflammatories and antibiotics have run their course.

Any ideas at all...homeopathy, witchcraft, massage, spirit channeling included..will be most gratefully received. Gin is a beautiful little dog, and she is very little, for a Dane a dwarf. Pal's theory is that she is using so much energy to overcome her problem that nothing is left for growing. She's about half the size of her brother, who also lives with Pal, but has just as much energy and zest for life.

Maryanne
Giza, Egypt


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