Trauma to the ear of your dog
To safeguard a dog’s ability to hear-its L-shaped ear canal protects the eardrum from injury. But this structure of the dog’s ear also means that wax or debris that accumulates due to infections has move up and not out, like it is in the human ear. This makes it difficult for any thing going in to the ear to surface easily.
Other causes of ear bleed
Your dog may also have a blood clot in the ear lobe due to Hematomas. It could be that your dog is suffering from ear mites or some other ear infections that is aggravating your dog to itch uncontrollably, resulting in blood clots on its ear lobe. It’s easy to find out if your dog is suffering from ear infection, by observing whether or not he vigorously scratches and shakes his/her head. This can result in bleeding when a blood vessel ruptures in the external ear.
Why do clots appear?
You have to treat blood clots in the ear on a war footing, or else they can develop into a more serious condition. Clots in the ear are mostly due to the fact that the ear cannot create enough pressure to stop the bleeding.
Common Ear Infections
Ear infections are most common in dogs with droopy ears because they do not dry easily. This is why droopy ears are a breeding ground for fungus, ear mites, yeast and other infections. The last of these can lead to your canine manufacturing an added amount of wax, which you will need to clean out, since wax is a breeding ground for all kinds of ear infections.
Effective ear management
Regular cleaning is the best remedy for a majority of ear infections. But cleaning needs to be followed up by home cures for ear mites-(try vinegar and water or vitamin C and mineral oil.)
More chronic ear infections require a complete ear flush to zero in on the exact reason your dog is feeling uncomfortable, or bleeding from his ears. Hematoma or clotting of the ear can be treated in three ways:
- Surgery # in which the blood clots are removed after making tiny incisions that are later joined by stitches or sutures.
- Teat Cannula # a procedure in which a small flexible tube is placed inside the inflamed vessel to drain the liquid.
- Aspiration # drains the fluid with a syringe. But here there is always the risk of the blood vessel re-swelling.
Basic preventive measures against clotting
Surgery can alter the way your pet’s ears look forever, so it is a good idea to prevent ear infections and blood clots by: -
- Regularly grooming and cleaning your pet’s ears. Neglecting this vital chore can result in some real discomfort for your canine friend
- Blood clots can develop if ear mites in a cat are neglected and the area is not cleaned on a regular basis. Neglected, this ‘Haematomas’ can completely block your dog’s ear.