HELP! My boxer’s ear is chronically split at the tip…?
We have a 3 year old female boxer without cropped ears. The tip of one of her ears has split and we can’t seem to get it closed. This is something that has slowly gotten worse over the past year or two. I’ve tried liquid bandage, gauze/wrapping, creams, and every other potion in the book. Every time she shakes her head, the split opens back up and my walls are taking the brunt of the blood splatter!
Just last week, we took her to the vet to try and have the wound stitched closed. When we picked her up, it was still red and bloody and now it has a very large scab on it. Trouble is, the scab keeps splitting and the shaking has popped at least one of the stitches.
Any ideas on how to combat this problem for good?! I feel so badly for her, it seems to cause her constant irritation – and what we thought would help (the suture) has only seemed to make it worse! Please help.
If the ear can be re-stitched, tell your Vet to put a cup on her head and attach the ears to it with glue and tape. (The same way as most Vet’s do when the ears are originally cropped) This way, she can’t shake her head to the point of opening up the stitches. Do this in combination with an Elizabethan collar until it is completely healed and the stitches are out. (around 10-14 days)
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