Posted: 2/4/2010 8:59:58 PM EDT
| Long story short my 3yo slammed his ear in a door. Now the end of his ear is filled with fluid or possibly blood. I think it is fluid because as thin as a cats ear is i think blood would show right through. We called the vet and they said a blood vessel broke and they need to drain and repair it? |
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If you take it to the vet right now it probably won't end up costing much... He is going in the morning to have his surgery aka as lancing his ear. it is 150.00. When my first kitten showed up off the street, my first visit to get her up to date was more than that... 
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Lancing something isn't surgery. Your cat'll be fine. Take a pic, though, for our amusement.
We love cats, but healthy pissed off cats are somehow even funnier. ETA: If the cat's awake during the lancing, and I imagine he will be, grabbing the scruff of his neck and shaking it will settle him down a little. Not saying that's a great idea when someone's sticking a needle into his head, but it works well with booster shots to the rear end. |
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My big orange tabby Unit 3 had an ear hematoma last year. He has allergy problems and traumatized his right ear by excessively scratching it.
They punched some holes in the inner membrane and drained it as well as they could, but he ended up with some scarring and his ear will never look the same. He just turned 12, and there's nothing I can do about it, so I'm not going to worry about it. The surgery is very minor. Get it taken care of, but don't be surprised if the ear ends up a bit mangled. It will give the cat some character. |
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Definite do it yourself job. Syringe––-into cat's ear and draw fluid out. otherwise...it's going to harden and will be there permanently. DO NOT TAKE YOUR FUCKING CAT TO THE VET FOR THIS. This will likely cost almost 3-400 bucks. FUCK THAT. If you just drain it, it will likely fill up again. The best option is usually surgery where they drain it and remove clots present and suture the skin down. Even with surgery though it honestly may refill again cause aural hematomas can be a pain. Sometimes if the hematoma is pretty small one can just monitor it and it can resorb on its on but will be cosmetic defect. |
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Definite do it yourself job. Syringe––-into cat's ear and draw fluid out. otherwise...it's going to harden and will be there permanently. DO NOT TAKE YOUR FUCKING CAT TO THE VET FOR THIS. This will likely cost almost 3-400 bucks. FUCK THAT. If you just drain it, it will likely fill up again. The best option is usually surgery where they drain it and remove clots present and suture the skin down. Even with surgery though it honestly may refill again cause aural hematomas can be a pain. Sometimes if the hematoma is pretty small one can just monitor it and it can resorb on its on but will be cosmetic defect. They drained it and put a couple stitches in there, only charged 79 bucks. |