Ear Hematoma

Jen643 · Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 4:36 am Post subject: Ear Hematoma

Anyone ever have a dog get a Ear Hematoma? One of my dogs Brandy has one, i went out the other morning and her ear was all swollen, my mother in-law said that happened to one of her cats. I guess it was caused by ear mites. I guess you can do surgery to repair the blood vessel, or you can just let it heal but then the ear is going to be all scared. I feel sorry for her, the vet said i can prevent it by giving my dogs Ivomec (cattle dewormer), my mother in-law has been using it on her cats and its been working. So i guess i'm going to try it on Brandy, and hope it helps. Jennifer

Maureen · Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:29 am Post subject:

oh how awful! I'm so sorry for you and Brandy, thanks for mentioning this. Best wishes to your baby...which way are you thinking of going wtih treatment?
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Shannon(Phantom-Star) · Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:56 am Post subject:

I have a lab that has had 2 hematomas. One on each ear. The one that had surgery looks a bit weird, but the one that healed on its own looks normal. Maybe that will help in your decision.
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Jen643 · Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject:

i'm going to let it heal on its own, i started treatment for the ear mites. how long did it take for your dogs hematoma to heal? just curious. jennifer

Shannon(Phantom-Star) · Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:35 pm Post subject:

I would say it started to go down after a few days, maybe a week. It was healed up in 2 weeks on its own.
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gracielou · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:26 am Post subject:

I had a lab that had one and ear got so swollen we had no choice but to do the surgery my Vet said it can actually cause them problems if you don't it's been a few years ago so I don't remember what would happen so I can't help you there but as long as you have talked to your vet about it I'm sure it will be okay. I do remember them saying that t usually happens when something is bothering their ears like mites or a bad ea infection and they shake their heads and maybe hit the ear on something and that causing the problem.
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