I have just had the vet out as I was worried about both of Gizmo's ears due to catching his ears in fences etc. Gizmo is now 14 weeks old and has always had problems in his ears created by the damned ear tags, luckily both of Freddy's fell out a long time ago. However, we have kept them clean and tried to stop infection. But, over the weekend both ears have been really horrible to look at inside and we knew cleaning wasn't enough. So, Morag the vet came out and we have removed both the ear tags. I have to say that I am horrified at the pain that wee man went through, all be it just for seconds but he screamed like a baby each time the tags were removed. She did inject him with some local anesthetic but he still was not happy. Both ears have now been cleaned up and in a few days will be healed up. I was not comfortable watching or being part of such a horrible experience so surely some of these idiots that insist we torture our animals in this way should come and witness what I have.
Even afterwards he was trembling and unhappy. Luckily after 10 minutes he was away climbing the trees again, I am happy now the tags have been removed.