Dry, flaky ears..

[DynahGirl22]

My little chin Dynah has very dry, flaky ears. I've been looking through some of the threads to see what a good solution would be to fix this. Would the bagbalm help at all? I also read of using olive oil? Which do you think would be best to try? She also has little dark spots on the tips of her ears. I adopted her a few months back and she had them when I got her. Im thinking they may be freckles or irritation from her dry ears?

 

[addictedtochins]

Yep, just cute lil freckels. Take a vitamen e capsule, poke it and rub the oil sparingly on her ears. It can possibly be caused from to much dusting, how often and long do you dust her?

 

[Godofgods]

my first boys ears are loaded with those dark spots. His son however has absolutly none lol.

 

[Cuddlebug]

Yep, the spots are freckles. Bag balm will work, as will vitamin E oil. I am guessing that Dynah either is beige or has beige in her? The freckles are the dead giveaway.

 

[DynahGirl22]

Yea, I believe she is beige! I compared pictures of her to other chinchillas and thats what she looks closest to. Shes a cute little bugger, I love her!! She had extremely dry ears when I adopted her, and it looked like she barely ever recieved dust baths at all. I give her a dust bath a few times a week for about 15-20 mins or so. So idk what else it could be from? Thanks so much for the great feedback!!