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My Maltese has bloody ears from allergies. How to help & what to feed?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Maltese | Female | unspayed | 5 years and 11 months old | 14 lbs

My Maltese has food allergies in her rar and shes been scratching it so bad that thetes old blood in it hoe can i get it out she has a vet appointment wed How can i get the dried blood out of her ear and what food van i feed her wet food

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Answered By Mirissa Duncil, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on July 8th, 2017

Oh my goodness! Poor ginger. I would discourage trying to treat the ear before tomorrow at your appointment-it will actually be helpful to your doctor to see exactly what is going on and how it looks normally. If you clean all of the debris away, your doctor will have little to test to see what sort of medications to prescribe. If you have an e collar or cone i would put this on to keep her from scratching and making it worse until you get her there in the morning. Good luck at your appointment tomorrow!

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