you how to clean your pet's ears properly. And to do this, we need to get in the habit

of looking into our pets' ears. We need to determine what is normal so that if we see

changes, such as wax, or debris, or inflammation, or even an abnormal smell. These may be signs

of an infection. If your pet does have an infection, your veterinarian will actually

prescribe a very specific treatment plan, and maybe even a specific cleaner for you

to go home and use as a maintenance. If there is no infection and you want to go ahead and

work with a routine cleaning, this is really simple. So to get started, we're going to

need an ear cleaner. There are many types of ear cleaners, both over the counter and

there's also prescription ones. So once we have our cleaner, we can go ahead and pick

something like a cotton ball, you can use a soft tissue, whatever it is that's easy

and gentle on the ears. So we want to apply our cleaner, and we'll go ahead and lift the

earflap, also known as the ear pinna. And we want to clean just in the top areas, the

areas that we can see, and so just wiping in here and cleaning. We don't want to do

routine cleaning down in the canal, you don't ever want to stick an instrument, don't use

q-tips. Sometimes your pet may actually have an infection, and it may require a deeper

cleaning. Now we need to be careful when we're pouring a solution down into the canal, as

this could be damaging if there is a problem with the eardrum, like if the eardrum is ruptured,

and that can happen. So your only going to do a deeper cleaning at the advice and direction

of your veterinarian. So to get started, again, we want to lift up the earflap, and we're

going to go ahead and just flush a little solution down there, and then we can go ahead

and massage the canal gently. And then, I'll let them go ahead and shake their head, so

it's a good idea to maybe do this outside, and after, again I will grab the cotton ball,

and this time I don't need to saturate it because all the solution is here. Just going

to clean what's up here. Once again, don't use a q-tip, no instruments down into the

canal at any time. And this is pretty simple and you can do this at home on a routine basis,

whether it's weekly or twice a month, and again at the advice of your veterinarian.

So whether you're doing a routine ear cleaning or a deeper ear flush, it's very simple as

long as you're following the necessary precautions. I hope that this information was helpful to

you today, and thank you for watching.