>My ferret has really smelly ears. I'd liken it to something close to old >salami smell. Right now I'm cleaning her ears about every day just using >q-tips, and I always get a lot of wax. What does every else use on their >ferrets ears? How common is this problem? It just doesnt seem right >that I should be doing this every day, not that I mind. I'd appreciate >any ideas you all could offer. > >cherrytreegirl Hi! I have a ferret that has a lot of wax in his ears, and I've found it best to not clean his ears as often as I clean my other ferret's ears. If you use q-tips every day you could actually make things worse! If a human were to use q-tips in her ear every day, she would get quite a lot of wax herself! In Sweden we use paraffinoil, just a few drops in each ear. Then we let it "rest" for a couple of days and the wax and dirt will "climb" to the more visible parts of the ear, which makes it a whole lot easier cleaning the ears. I hope it can be solved! Hakan Marsh Sweden [Posted in FML issue 3668]