Stella bit Max's ear...blood everywhere
Styptic pencil would not work...got on the internet and it said to use pepper...so we tried that...it worked a little better but finally after about three hours it stopped. Has anyone ever had to stop a dogs ear from bleeding and how did you do it? My deck looked like a murder scene last night.... |
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| If the puncture wound went through the ear, you are going to have problems no matter how small. When we apply direct pressure there is usually something to push the injured part against. Since the ear is thin and teeth do a good job of making holes, this happens a lot on ears. Just squishing the hole doesn't really work because it's really just your fingers squishing together instead of pieces of flesh meshing together to form clots.
You should have some neosenephrine nasal spray on hand. it works to open nasal passages by constricting the vessels and tissues in the area. That should work. |
Maxmm wrote: You should have some neosenephrine nasal spray on hand. it works to open nasal passages by constricting the vessels and tissues in the area. That should work. Learn something new everyday  |
| Pepper worked? It didn't burn like crazy? I'm probably (wrongly) imagining what a hot pepper would feel like but regular old pepper has some bite to it, too I would think. No? |
| "Quick Stop" works wonders. It's a yellow powder that you can sprinkle on the wound to stop the bleeding. I always keep it on hand. My old Cocker, Max, used to be covered with old age moles that would break open and bleed and bleed....but with the Quick Stop...it stopped the bleeding right away. In fact...I just used some about a week ago on my other Cocker who has a large old age mole on his tail that broke open. You can sometimes find it at a pet supply store (I think)...I got mine from my vet. |
| Something similar happened here. Even the Quick Stop powder didn't work. I'm still finding blood spatter around the house because every time this dog shook her head, the ear started bleeding again.
Sometimes all you can do for an injury like this is have the vet cauterize it.  |
| Some of that styptic and quick stop can actually damage the tissue so just be very careful with it and don't use it on large areas. |
| Went through a similiar problem years ago with our undocked Bouvier. He got the very very tip of his tail caught in a car door. Would not stop bleeding. Then whenever he'd whip that tail around or thump it on the wall, it'd start again. We were cleaning blood off the walls and ceiling and floors and furniture for weeks, it seemed. And did I mention all this happened at my in-laws house? So I will be investigating a few of these ideas myself....just in case..... |
| Thanks for all the replies...I'm going to keep some Quick Stop around.
TEN YEARS they've been together...oh we have had little dust ups here and there but no one ever got hurt...until last night. I drove home at lunch halway expecting to see blood everywhere...everything is fine. Luckily I just had them shaved down for the summer so hair was not a issue. Max never flinched with either the styptic pencil or the pepper. He was a good boy letting me apply pressure to his ear for almost 3 hours. One thing I have noticed is that they are staying very far away from each other...both last night and today. |
| Neosenephrine or Afrin are a good choice. They are used in Emergency Rooms to stop nosebleeds all the time. Personally, I would try that before "quick stop" or any other packing type of styptic powder. |
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