swollen ear?!

Gracie's Mama · 06-20-2011, 08:24 PM

Gracie was outside today and when I went to let her back in I noticed her ear is swollen! She's not acting any different. Playing, running, excited. She will let us touch it and look at it like it's no big deal. When I squeezed it she whimpered and pulled away a little. I took pictures to post on here but, I can't find my camera cord! UGH! What could it be?!

My husband said growing up they had dogs that would get bitten/stung by stuff. They would swell a little but it would go down and get better on it's own. He said the couple times they took dogs to the vet the vet had told them there is not a whole lot he can do.

Help! please!

Annie714 · 06-20-2011, 09:24 PM

Where on her ear is the swelling? Near the inner ear? Or more towards the outside?

Gracie's Mama · 06-20-2011, 10:41 PM

It's the bottom half of her ear. About halfway down all the way down to the tip.

I just looked at it and it seems to be going down. Now the very bottom of her ear(at the tip) and about a 1/3 of the way up has started to go down. It's still swollen but not nearly as much.

So basically her ear is fine at the top near her head and it's fine til about half way down. Then there is a swollen "stripe". And then down to the tip is still swollen but, not as much.
Does that make sense? It's so hard to describe! I wish I had my camera cord! I tried to draw a pic on paint that I could post but, it turned out horribly.

CatherineM · 06-20-2011, 10:49 PM

I've had that happen twice. Once when a dog got bitten by another dog, but it didn't break the skin. It was like a hematoma. The other time it was a fire ant bite.

bassetmom26003 · 06-20-2011, 10:59 PM

My boy had an auricular hematoma.......I took him to the vet as I was too chicken to drain it with a needle.......she drained it and told me more than likely it would come back.....yup it did, within a day or so. She gave me some needles and showed me how to drain it myself. I decided not to try and it took a month or two but it FINALLY resorbed/scarred down on its own. It left the ear a little wrinkled but nothing bad, and his was about 2 inches long by 3/4 inch thick. You can have the vet go in and surgically drain and tack the area shut, but I was trying to avoid surgery.....my guy wasn't really bothered by it and it did finally go away on its own......if you google it most will say it requires surgery (if its an auricular hematoma that is)

Annie714 · 06-20-2011, 11:04 PM

Poor Gracie! Hopefully it's just a bug bite.

Annie was harassing a wasp today...silly girl almost got herself stung. She was stung in the jowl by a bee before...got nice and swollen but the swelling didn't slow her down at all and was gone overnight.

Gracie's Mama · 06-20-2011, 11:11 PM

If it's still swollen in the morning I will call the vet. I hope she doesn't need surgery! I would really rather avoid that. A wrinkled ear doesn't seem too bad. And she really doesn't seem to mind it being swelled either. Right after we found her like that we brought her in and she was runnin around and greeting everyone. Excited to see everybody. Then she laid on the floor to chew a toy...and was laying ON the hurt ear. And while she was sniffing around she stepped on it a few times and didn't even notice! Plus she was letting use mess with it, no problem. She is going to the vet this saturday anyway for her check up and shots and stuff. Do you think it would be ok to wait til then? I was very concerned at first but, I dunno. It seems less serious now for some reason. Maybe because it's late and I'm getting sleepy. what do you guys think?

bassetmom26003 · 06-20-2011, 11:19 PM

IF it is a hematoma......if you wait too long the blood can solidify and it makes it harder to drain with a needle. But, it can come back likely if drained with a needle anyways. If you really don't want to go the surgery route and it is not bothering her I would just call tomorrow and see what they say if you should come in sooner. My vet did say it could go down on its own but take awhile which it did.

Mikey T · 06-20-2011, 11:20 PM

Quote:

It was like a hematoma

it probably was a hematoma fairly common in long ear dog the can even cause one just by shaking

Earl flap hematoma

Aural Hematomas

bassetmom26003 · 06-20-2011, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Annie714

Poor Gracie! Hopefully it's just a bug bite.

Annie was harassing a wasp today...silly girl almost got herself stung. She was stung in the jowl by a bee before...got nice and swollen but the swelling didn't slow her down at all and was gone overnight.

My Annie will chase and bite at bees AARRGGH

06-20-2011, 08:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gracie's Mama Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: North Texas Posts: 150	swollen ear?! Gracie was outside today and when I went to let her back in I noticed her ear is swollen! She's not acting any different. Playing, running, excited. She will let us touch it and look at it like it's no big deal. When I squeezed it she whimpered and pulled away a little. I took pictures to post on here but, I can't find my camera cord! UGH! What could it be?! My husband said growing up they had dogs that would get bitten/stung by stuff. They would swell a little but it would go down and get better on it's own. He said the couple times they took dogs to the vet the vet had told them there is not a whole lot he can do. Help! please!

06-20-2011, 09:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Annie714 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 1,164	Where on her ear is the swelling? Near the inner ear? Or more towards the outside? __________________ Blog about the antics of Annie and I. http://thechickandthehound.blogspot.com

06-20-2011, 10:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
bassetmom26003 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV Posts: 203	My boy had an auricular hematoma.......I took him to the vet as I was too chicken to drain it with a needle.......she drained it and told me more than likely it would come back.....yup it did, within a day or so. She gave me some needles and showed me how to drain it myself. I decided not to try and it took a month or two but it FINALLY resorbed/scarred down on its own. It left the ear a little wrinkled but nothing bad, and his was about 2 inches long by 3/4 inch thick. You can have the vet go in and surgically drain and tack the area shut, but I was trying to avoid surgery.....my guy wasn't really bothered by it and it did finally go away on its own......if you google it most will say it requires surgery (if its an auricular hematoma that is) __________________ "A basset is an asset" Kathy, Miss Annie Gotcha Day 4/27/11, and Angel Bentley ATB 3/1/11 gone but forever in my heart

06-20-2011, 11:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
Annie714 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 1,164	Poor Gracie! Hopefully it's just a bug bite. Annie was harassing a wasp today...silly girl almost got herself stung. She was stung in the jowl by a bee before...got nice and swollen but the swelling didn't slow her down at all and was gone overnight. __________________ Blog about the antics of Annie and I. http://thechickandthehound.blogspot.com

06-20-2011, 11:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
bassetmom26003 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV Posts: 203	IF it is a hematoma......if you wait too long the blood can solidify and it makes it harder to drain with a needle. But, it can come back likely if drained with a needle anyways. If you really don't want to go the surgery route and it is not bothering her I would just call tomorrow and see what they say if you should come in sooner. My vet did say it could go down on its own but take awhile which it did. __________________ "A basset is an asset" Kathy, Miss Annie Gotcha Day 4/27/11, and Angel Bentley ATB 3/1/11 gone but forever in my heart

06-20-2011, 10:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gracie's Mama Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: North Texas Posts: 150	It's the bottom half of her ear. About halfway down all the way down to the tip. I just looked at it and it seems to be going down. Now the very bottom of her ear(at the tip) and about a 1/3 of the way up has started to go down. It's still swollen but not nearly as much. So basically her ear is fine at the top near her head and it's fine til about half way down. Then there is a swollen "stripe". And then down to the tip is still swollen but, not as much. Does that make sense? It's so hard to describe! I wish I had my camera cord! I tried to draw a pic on paint that I could post but, it turned out horribly.

06-20-2011, 10:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
CatherineM Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 692	I've had that happen twice. Once when a dog got bitten by another dog, but it didn't break the skin. It was like a hematoma. The other time it was a fire ant bite.

06-20-2011, 11:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
Gracie's Mama Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: North Texas Posts: 150	If it's still swollen in the morning I will call the vet. I hope she doesn't need surgery! I would really rather avoid that. A wrinkled ear doesn't seem too bad. And she really doesn't seem to mind it being swelled either. Right after we found her like that we brought her in and she was runnin around and greeting everyone. Excited to see everybody. Then she laid on the floor to chew a toy...and was laying ON the hurt ear. And while she was sniffing around she stepped on it a few times and didn't even notice! Plus she was letting use mess with it, no problem. She is going to the vet this saturday anyway for her check up and shots and stuff. Do you think it would be ok to wait til then? I was very concerned at first but, I dunno. It seems less serious now for some reason. Maybe because it's late and I'm getting sleepy. what do you guys think?

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