Sheppup Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hi all, I have a 6 month old GSD pup and wanted to find out a safe adhesive to use for ear taping. I know alot of people in America are using the Torbot bonding cement with great success. I have tried to find the stuff and can't find it, also no one seems to know of an equivelant product? someone said superglue? Anyone who could help please do, thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwaY Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 In Aust many use Tear Mender as it is also latex like Torbot bonding glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I can vouch for the tear mender, just put some sports tape on there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianca.a Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hi, I have a partially used bottle of Tear Mender you can have if you like. I left it too late to try and glue my girls ears : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mim Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Aw, bianca.a, I like her crazy ears! What does their bowl say? "I once ate a.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppup Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thankyou for all the replies, sorry for not getting back sooner.... we have had the worst flood here on record and was a very scary time! All fine now though :) OK, so I've looked and I've looked for the Torbot, but to no avail? Would you guys say the tear mender is just as good? I have used foam pipe insulation taped with leucoplast tape, it has been 3 days and I have had to replace every day. I took it off yesterday and her ears were standing!! A little wobbly, but standing, I left it off for about an hour and one ear kinked slightly about half way down, but nothing like before. Re-taped now though, would this be a good sign they will stand? I mean others who have tried and failed, do the ears flop straight after removing the tape? Thankyou Bianca for the offer! Where are you located? PS a vet told me it's illegal to do in Oz? (taping) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra777 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) PS a vet told me it's illegal to do in Oz? (taping) Get a new vet. Hope you weren't affected to bad with the floods. Edited February 26, 2012 by Sandra777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppup Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 PS a vet told me it's illegal to do in Oz? (taping) Get a new vet. Hope you weren't affected to bad with the floods. That's what I was thinking!! And thanks, we were very lucky not to lose any animals in the flood (I have about 300 poultry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirty Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 No it is not illegal to tape ears!! It is illegal to crop ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppup Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hi, I have a partially used bottle of Tear Mender you can have if you like. I left it too late to try and glue my girls ears : Your dog is beautiful!! Although I do like the standy uppy ears more, I prefer rose to full flop any day :) My other dog has the rose ears and I love her dearly. Alot of my friends say to me "why do you care how the ears stand?" and well it's just my preferrence... so if her ears don't stand it's not going to change my relationship with my dog anyway :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppup Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 No it is not illegal to tape ears!! It is illegal to crop ears. That's exactly what I said, but she insisted that any cosmetic procedures are illegal LOL, I don't think she really knew what ear taping was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianca.a Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) Aww thank you Mim! :) To be honest I was a bit upset at first that her ears didn't stand (She is the first non-spca special dog I've had!) but now I really think they make her who she is...a clown! And the bowl is the cats! It's the only one the super pup doesn't tip over when he tried to swim in it :laugh: Sorry for straying off topic Sheppup, yep your vet is wrong! My vet laughed when he heard I had glued Mollys ears! Will pm you. And thank you for the compliment :) Edited February 26, 2012 by bianca.a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppup Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Another thought.... A local vet is willing to sell me some sort of glue they use for surgeries etc, this should be ok i presume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppup Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Aww thank you Mim! :) To be honest I was a bit upset at first that her ears didn't stand (She is the first non-spca special dog I've had!) but now I really think they make her who she is...a clown! And the bowl is the cats! It's the only one the super pup doesn't tip over when he tried to swim in it :laugh: Sorry for straying off topic Sheppup, yep your vet is wrong! My vet laughed when he heard I had glued Mollys ears! Will pm you. And thank you for the compliment :) Love the bowl.... And your pup is too cute!! Nice firm ears on that little guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 No it is not illegal to tape ears!! It is illegal to crop ears. That's exactly what I said, but she insisted that any cosmetic procedures are illegal LOL, I don't think she really knew what ear taping was? Probably not, I've had one vet tell me there was something realy wrong with my dogs ears, when I took a pup with it's ears glued to the vets LOL They'd never seen it done before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Another thought.... A local vet is willing to sell me some sort of glue they use for surgeries etc, this should be ok i presume? Go with the tear mender, it's easy to use and you can take it off at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 superglue and dermabond both require a solvent to be removed. Yup go with the tear mender, if you get it on your fingers you can just roll it off it's rubbery and doesnt seep into the skin here's our effort ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppup Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 I would if I could find the stuff *sigh* I'm really quite depressed about it I just can't find it anywhere! Either OS and will take forever to get here, or out of stock with the suppliers here in Oz? I bet if I didn't need it so bad it would be here smacking me in the face :0 Darn you Murphy!!! LOL Does anyone have some spare for my little girl? Bianca was very generous with her offer and she only lives 40 mins from me, but unfortunately it has has turned into a big hard mass And it seemed so perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppup Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) superglue and dermabond both require a solvent to be removed. Yup go with the tear mender, if you get it on your fingers you can just roll it off it's rubbery and doesnt seep into the skin here's our effort ... Wow, great job!!! What did you use as the support inside the ear? Do you have a teeny bit left in a bottle lurking in the shed? LOL (told you I was desperate *hides*) Edited February 26, 2012 by Sheppup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I do have a bottle in fact, I can post it to you if you email me [email protected]. I used those latex foam shoe insoles cut to shape, tear mender to the ears then just sports tape over the top. Didn't remove them every day, left them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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