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I have a adult male that has developed a double ear infection. This same male had a single infection about five years ago. We performed the operation ourselves when it happened before, and he did great. My question is should we do both sides at the same time or should we only do one and wait until it heals and then do the other side. Thanks for your help.

You should got to a vet to have the procedure done under proper anesthesia, and with antibiotic follow-up. Your vet will do both at the same time. Then you'll want to look closely at your husbandry to find out why this is happening. Excessibely dry conditions would be the first thing to look at, but some substrates can lead to problems like this too.
chelonialuv

I double the previous response, and triple the trip to the vet.

I cannot stress enough how inappropriate doing this yourself is. My page long rant is limited to these lines assuming your a bright individual who'll get my point

Ian

Ditto!
Have a vet do the surgery, both sides at once. Proper treatment and medication can go a long way in preventing a recurrence.

After the vet treatment and after you've made sure the enclosure is humid enough be sure to feed plenty of fresh veggies and fruits that are high in vitamin A.
Or if yours eat a lot of bugs like mine do, be sure to buy a a good reptile vitamin powder and a good calcium powder to shake the bugs up in a couple of times per week.
I have one boxie girl who absolutely will not eat crickets, she loves night crawlers. For her I spoon some of the powders onto a paper plate, wash the worm in water, drag it through the powder so it sticks very well then she eats her vits/mins that way.
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