My horse's ear is raw and painful. Can I treat it at home for ticks?

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My horse's ear is super raw. Been using Vetricyn spray, is there anything else i can do from home? Unsure if ticks are causing it, I cannot get a close enough look and it is painful. Pet's info: Farm Animal | Horse | Male | neutered | 850 lbs

Kevin Sanada, DVM · Accepted Answer

This is a very badly infected ear and will definitely require more intensive treatment. I highly recommend you have a veterinarian help you with this. The ear will need to be flushed regularly and covered to ensure that flies and other environmental elements don't continually irritate and infect the wound. I also worry about skin cancer causing such a bad wound, so it would be best to have a local equine vet check it out. If you can, just try to keep it clean by flushing with clean water and keeping it covered. If this is not possible, then the veterinarian will be able to help with restraint and cleaning. They may need to also prescribe other medication to control the infection.

My horse's ear is raw and painful. Can I treat it at home for ticks?

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