Day ten: Or first day after two weeks off !

It has been two weeks since the last treatment in his right ear and a little more since his left ear was touched. I went to the barn with the plan of just cleaning out the ears. Over the last two weeks the oozing wounds had scabbed over. Add to that some mud and it had started to form nice thick crusts that were dangling from the new grown hair. This needed to come loose so there would be clear view of the healing that I hoped would be underneath.

During the weeks off and with the subsequent healing the pain was definitely decreasing. I had noticed this during past the week. Bridling was easier and the head shaking had disappeared. He would even let me stroke his ears and was enjoying a vigorous scratching behind his ears. They must have had the healing itchies.

I gave him a little less of the Xylazene (3.5 ml) than I had been using because I figured with the two weeks off he might be more sensitive to it again. I'm glad I did this as he was holding himself up by his front teeth on the stall edge. This did however give me the advantage of going in and pulling off all the scabs to expose the skin without struggle.

After that I took my finishing clippers and cleaned out all the new grown hair without a flinch. The right ear as expected did have some plaques left where the ridges had been. I dabbed on some cream at those spots but left the other ear alone. There might be still some plaque left but until the skin has healed more I can not know for sure. The new skin is kind of flaky in itself and looks very similar to new plaques. I'll have to be patient on that one.

Here the picture of the left ear:

And the (never sharp) right ear: