HELP!! Beagle with a torn ear.

[A'sta at Hofstead]

My Beagle Roly was out wandering and came back with a ripped ear, we were too late to get him to the vet, and emergency is far away- it is bleeding rather a lot- What to do- any help greatly appreciated-

I just googled this and the dressing we have on it seems to be the right thing to do, but it is bleeding pretty heavily, just worried.

[TexasArtist]

can you give a little more info. How far up is the tear? Do you have anything to stop the blood?
I'm assuming you don't so here is what my grandpa used to use on his animals when they would get bad cuts or wounds for temp. stopping the blood. First proxide then Get some flour and kind of pack it on there then hold good with some gauze between your hands. That should help stop it. When it's done go ahead and flake off the flour best ya can. Then proxide and guaze and tape the wound.

[GrannyG]

An ear is going to bleed alot, just the location of it. Pat his ear dry and try to butterfly the tears together, just keep retaping over the tape if it keeps bleeding. The last dog we had that had a torn ear had to have it trimmed via the vet.

[HilltopDaisy]

WIHH, I know that you really know what you're talking about, but my vet gave me different advice a few years back. My little Daisy got her ear shredded in a fight with another dog. It was actually in ribbons, but still in one piece at the tip. My vet said she would not stitch an ear, ever, but I can't remember why. She went on an oral antibiotic and I was told to keep it clean, and the darn thing healed right up, although she has hair on the inside of her ear now, from the pieces coming together unevenly!

[sue currin]

Put kerocean on it to stop the pain.

[A'sta at Hofstead]

Thanks for all of your advice, he seems to be OK this morning- it clotted nicely overnight. I have my dd at home keeping and eye on him, and if it starts bleeding again he will go to the vet. it was kind of just frayed at the bottom with a tear farther up. No more roaming free for Roly! Thanks god it wasn't too bad, my dd called and said he was GUSHING blood, she is a dram queen

[tinknal]

Originally Posted by Hill Crest Farm

Thanks for all of your advice, he seems to be OK this morning- it clotted nicely overnight. I have my dd at home keeping and eye on him, and if it starts bleeding again he will go to the vet. it was kind of just frayed at the bottom with a tear farther up. No more roaming free for Roly! Thanks god it wasn't too bad, my dd called and said he was GUSHING blood, she is a dram queen

Any hound (and a beagle is a hound) worth his salt has got ripped up ears. Look at any good old coonhound!

[Pony]

In the future (please God it won't happen again) if it's a fairly minimal tear, clean it up well and use Krazy Glue and glue it back together. (Cyanoacrylics have a long history of medical uses, and were used extensively in MASH units during the Vietnam War.)

Ears are pretty vascular, so they'll bleed impressively. Do your best to staunch the flow so you can prep the ear. Clean up the edges of the wound, so they lie together (sort of like piecing a puzzle together).

Tissue glue should only be applied to the outside surfaces to form a sort of bridge over the edges; try not to get it on raw surfaces, because it stings.

Keep the edges stable (you may need an extra pair of hands), hold a sponge/gauze pad under the wound (to catch any drips), and apply tiny drips of glue to bridge the edges. A little dab will do ya -- less is more in this case. If you use too much, it will crack open and you'll be worse than where you started, with dried/cracked glue on the wound.

I've also used Super Glue when I've cut the dog's nails too short, too. I hold his paw up and put in a drip or two of glue. Et voila! No more bleeding.

Pony!

[whitewolf]

In your daughter's defense, one of my hounds showed up one morning COVERED in matted blood....she looked as if she had been torn to threads...after screaming for hubby I started checking her....there were no gashes anywhere?????....then I found it...a small tear on her ear....she had been slinging her head I guess...it was a real mess. I just knew the coyotes had all but killed her. Glad your pup is going to be ok.

Whitewolf

[blue gecko]

The last time my dog's ear was torn I used instant mashed potato flakes to stop the bleeding and it worked like a charm. A lot of the commercial clotting powders contain potato starch. I know what you mean about the mess. There was blood everywhere!

[A'sta at Hofstead]

I was saying to use krazy Glue too, I was told with the blood it wouldn't stick, but that was my first reaction. The potato flakes sounds like a good idea too, hopefully I won't have to see if it works, he is still OK thank god.

[tinknal]

Originally Posted by whitewolf

In your daughter's defense, one of my hounds showed up one morning COVERED in matted blood....she looked as if she had been torn to threads...after screaming for hubby I started checking her....there were no gashes anywhere?????....then I found it...a small tear on her ear....she had been slinging her head I guess...it was a real mess. I just knew the coyotes had all but killed her. Glad your pup is going to be ok.

Whitewolf

My ridgeback/hound cross lit out after a coyote a few years back. Last I seen him, he was half a mile away, and gaining on the 'yote. He returned 4 hours later with 2 torn ears and his tonge bit clean through..................He also looked rather proud of himself. Coyote was not seen again..........

[hisenthlay]

Dog ears DO bleed like crazy--one of my dogs got just the tip of his ear (about a half inch tear at the bottom) ripped up by a chow mix dog in a fight, and he kept bleeding and bleeding. I'd put pressure on it, it would soak through a towel, finally stop, and then he'd shake his head and I'd have blood splatter on my floor, walls, almost up to the ceiling--it looked like a murder scene--and we'd have to start the pressure all over again. When we finally got it basically stopped, I put Neosporin on it, and it healed back together fine. Not perfect, but pretty good, and he has fuzzy ears, so you can't tell anyway.

[Jan Doling]

Once something really ripped into our rooster's wattle and it bled like the dickens. I didn't have any potato flakes, but always have plenty of cobwebs. I wadded up 2 bunches and held them in place on both sides of the wattle and it worked well.

[Idahoe]

Originally Posted by Pony

In the future (please God it won't happen again) if it's a fairly minimal tear, clean it up well and use Krazy Glue and glue it back together. (Cyanoacrylics have a long history of medical uses, and were used extensively in MASH units during the Vietnam War.)

Ears are pretty vascular, so they'll bleed impressively. Do your best to staunch the flow so you can prep the ear. Clean up the edges of the wound, so they lie together (sort of like piecing a puzzle together).

Tissue glue should only be applied to the outside surfaces to form a sort of bridge over the edges; try not to get it on raw surfaces, because it stings.

Keep the edges stable (you may need an extra pair of hands), hold a sponge/gauze pad under the wound (to catch any drips), and apply tiny drips of glue to bridge the edges. A little dab will do ya -- less is more in this case. If you use too much, it will crack open and you'll be worse than where you started, with dried/cracked glue on the wound.

I've also used Super Glue when I've cut the dog's nails too short, too. I hold his paw up and put in a drip or two of glue. Et voila! No more bleeding.

Pony!

This is really true, it is used in emergency rooms on minor cuts that normally need a stitch or two.

This summer I was cutting back tomato suckers and "snipped" my middle finger along with a vine quite deeply, blood flowing out like crazy . . . and I wasn't finished with those darn tomatos!

I let it bleed until I got back to the house, brought the edges together, applied Super Glue, and viola, back to work! I had to reglue it twice before it healed into just a surface wound. No infection, very little pain.

A LARGE amount of Super Glue gives a nasty chemical burn, but a drop or two applied on the surface of a cut that is easily brought together does not burn at all. Never put it down in a deep cut.

[A'sta at Hofstead]

I thought of superglue first, but too much blood everyone thought. Years ago we had a cat who got his leg sliced on metal, it didn't even bleed really, just a big gash, you could see his tendons. We brought him to Angel Memorial Hospital in Boston and they glued him up- he was fine!