Ear Thermometer

kandjt · Ear Thermometer

I've just found a pet ear thermometer on e-bay which seems to me that it might cause far less distress and be cleaner than a rectal thermometer. I just wondered if anyone had any experience of these?

Keith

johnhod

Can't understand why you want a pet thermometer. Aren't two Brittanys and a Lab enough pets for anyone?

kandjt

After two Brits + TWO Labs, I thought the thermometer would be easier to train!!

johnhod

guy

If you had two - would that make them a 'thermocouple' ?

doganjo

My GP son-in-law uses a digital ear thermometer all the time - it's fast, reliable, easy to read, beeps when at maximum temperature, and causes no stress to the patient as it doesn't need to be inserted very far. I bought it for his last birthday - and yes, I know it's work related and not a normal birthday present but the practice wouldn't pay for it and he adores gadgets. Laughing

kandjt

I was thinking of getting a pet blood pressure monitor so I could train it to warn me when I was out training the dogs.

doganjo

Can't you tell by the volume of sound from your whistle? Mine gets louder and louder and louder - then I know I need to stop or I'll burst a blood vessel!

Victoria

thanks for the laugh, everyone!

Ghilliegumdrop

I have a pet rock Exclamation

Lin Dyke

You're all mad....but then I must be too...I have Brittanys Very Happy

johnhod

kandjt

At least when you tell it to stay it will stay so it would do well in obedience!

eddieh

I've got pet insurance but am worried that I've overworked it to the extent that it'll go away and not come back. Crying or Very sad

doganjo

That's the same problem I have with my house insurance! I don't think I have the gall to claim another £2800 off them! Will just have to bite the bullet. Bang goes next year's holidays and shows!

Ghilliegumdrop

I was going to have a pet cetera but didn't know where to get one Rolling Eyes

doganjo

Here? http://www.petcetera.co.uk/ ?

guy

I used to have a pet Ulant - terrible in the teenage years.

how about an indecisive pet - a pet Er ?

This is worse than the gnome thread - might have to split it in the spirit of something.

Jan does you rock have a name? just wondered if it was related to that radio person Petrock Trellawney ?

Ghilliegumdrop

I call him/her 'The Rock' and he/her is sitting by my Gnome Exclamation

Ghilliegumdrop

Do you get the feeling that someone is missing the point here Question

guy

Eddie - i hope you feed you pet the right grade food? it should be 'premium'

Ghilliegumdrop

Mine likes the bits out of the bottom of the fish tank after I clean it out.......the tank that is Exclamation

Victoria

I just had a thought between gwaffs of laughter, that you guys could make a fortune for the club staging your own comedy show...honestly...Guy with his conjugalating thermi, ulant, Ghilliegumdrops with the rock and fish tank, Brits in the mix, etc... Laughing

eddieh

johnhod

I'm tempted to change Ben's name to thermometer. " 'Ere Ben" doesn't seem to have any effect. Maybe I'll have more luck with "ear thermometer"

Lin Dyke

I'm sure Copper thinks his name is "now".......Copper get down NOW....Copper come NOW....Copper leave it NOW.... Rolling Eyes

Ghilliegumdrop

Merlin found a pet tree dish today Exclamation

Tricky micky · Health

Perhaps he can have his tea in it, it will be a special tree t for him.

Kaz

Tricky micky · Health

Back to the original thread.
Earlier on this year l needed a new thermometer (whelping etc) and l tried all the local chemists, the assistant in Boots said they did not sell them anymore because of the glass and the mercury, he said we do digital ones ( l had looked at them and they were expencive) l told him what l was going to use it for and was not willing to pay that much to stick it where it had to go.
Having thought about it l deceided it would be a definite no for 3 reasons, well 4 if you count cost.
1) They are rather large and would cause quite a bit of discomfort.
2) Considering where they are going, they looked difficult to sterilize.
3) We have one and when it reaches temperature it makes a very high pitched beebing noise, don't think Ruby would have thought much to a beebing noise out of her bum not very dignified, bad enough having to have your temperature taken like that. Embarassed

Kaz

Victoria

http://www.ehow.com/how_2105867_take-dogs-temperature.html

as the dog's temperature is 38 degrees C, just out of interest what are some of the temperatures anyone has recorded and for what malady?

doganjo

What's that is real money - 98 she whelps in 24 hours, 101.2 she's fine. What else do you need? My digital thermometers cost me £6 each, one for the dogs, one spare in case the battery runs out at a crucial moment. Just a wee beep so Belle wasn't bothered, and a wee metal tip which can be sterilised easily.

kandjt

Thanks for all the replies, I was initially concerned about the accuracy of the ear thermometer, but after researching it I found a paper by the AVMA which shows that the ear thermometer is just as accurate as the rectal. BB would be far happier having her temperature taken in her ear than elsewhere.

Does anyone know if a bitches temperature changes when she is coming into season?

Keith

Victoria

Yes, I have found it does, although I have never used a thermometer to substantiate this claim...some people can tell by their bitch's breathe odour when she is coming in...
If a dog has a problem with a rectal thermometer, they want to try a barium enema!!

Lin Dyke

Is that the one you get turned upside down Question

Victoria

Yes...

they have the audacity and sadism not only to turn you upside down, but then go on to turn you inside out, while some rat hides in a fortified bunker with a camera that looks like the Alien and wearing a dirty big lead apron Shocked

sometime much later when all radioactive matter has left what was your colonic inheritance, the receptionist cheerfully but kindly asks, as you wobble out cos by now not only have your innards gone but also your knees "are you alright to drive, dear"...."drive??...drive???, you stupid woman...no, I'm not alright, in fact, I don't think I will ever be right again''...then the specialist sees you after a few days when your eyes have gone back into place and your knees have regained their control, says with a malicious smirk.."you're all clear"...while all you can say is "yes, I know that...but what about the x-ray!!!!
And so, for the next few months before the memory of it wears off...such expressions as ....up yah bum, don't be such a guts ache, things have really bottomed out and so on, brings a tear to the eye.

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