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dryoasis88 · 10-14-2011, 10:12 AM

Hi all,

I was hoping to keep this issue in the health/diet section as I thought it was just something simple, but it is looking like a more major concern. For background please see this thread: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ce-issues.html

I took Hepburn to the vet on Wednesday because he was acting strange. He was yelping randomly, scratching his ear, tilting his head and not wanting to play as usual. He was, however, eating, drinking, peeing and pooping normally, as well as greeting people and other dogs like he normally does (excited and jumpy). The vet looked at his ears and teeth and told me it looked a bit red in his ears but otherwise he was fine. She checked his heart rate and breathing and agreed again, all is good. She gave me some ear cleaning solution and sent me home.

Today things got a bit more complicated. While I was massaging his ear cleaning solution into his ears like I was told to, I felt that his one ear, the one that had been bothering him, was larger on the bottom than the other. There was a hardish mass (not like swelling, harder, but not as hard as the rest of the bottom of the ear) at the bottom of his ear. It wasn't so big, but enough to feel the difference. I was concerned, but his behavior had improved and I figured it might just be a lymph node or that his ears were always like that and I never noticed.

When I arrived home from work tonight (I was gone roughly 4-5 hours) I took him out and realized that he was acting more strange that he had on Wednesday. He was tilting his head all the time, and whimpering. Upon looking in his ear to see what was going on, I can see that the growth is now also inside his ear and it is almost closed shut! It wasn't bigger than a dime this morning under his ear so I am naturally quite concerned.

He is still eating, drinking, peeing and pooping normal, and he will play if I really get him excited (which is much harder to do than normal). He also greeted the two dogs who live in my building with lots of energy and no signs of pain. I am just concerned that if this is growing so fast that I should take him in to the emergency hours at my vet tonight. If you call out of the normal hours, they will connect you to a vet on call and they will come in if it is an emergency. I am not really sure that it is though... I can also take him at 10am tomorrow during their regular hours.

I am very concerned and just hoping that it is something non-serious and they can take care of it tomorrow rather than taking him tonight and having to pay a huge fee for an emergency visit. He is really acting strange, shaking, whimpering and he will barely let me touch him. He wants to be curled up in the corner all the time. I am just beside myself at what I should do or if I can do anything to keep him comfortable till morning. (It is after 8pm here already, just for reference).

Any help or even just prayers/thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone has had a similar experience, what did you?

10-14-2011, 10:12 AM	#1
dryoasis88 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 99	Mass below ear/in ear Hi all, I was hoping to keep this issue in the health/diet section as I thought it was just something simple, but it is looking like a more major concern. For background please see this thread: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ce-issues.html I took Hepburn to the vet on Wednesday because he was acting strange. He was yelping randomly, scratching his ear, tilting his head and not wanting to play as usual. He was, however, eating, drinking, peeing and pooping normally, as well as greeting people and other dogs like he normally does (excited and jumpy). The vet looked at his ears and teeth and told me it looked a bit red in his ears but otherwise he was fine. She checked his heart rate and breathing and agreed again, all is good. She gave me some ear cleaning solution and sent me home. Today things got a bit more complicated. While I was massaging his ear cleaning solution into his ears like I was told to, I felt that his one ear, the one that had been bothering him, was larger on the bottom than the other. There was a hardish mass (not like swelling, harder, but not as hard as the rest of the bottom of the ear) at the bottom of his ear. It wasn't so big, but enough to feel the difference. I was concerned, but his behavior had improved and I figured it might just be a lymph node or that his ears were always like that and I never noticed. When I arrived home from work tonight (I was gone roughly 4-5 hours) I took him out and realized that he was acting more strange that he had on Wednesday. He was tilting his head all the time, and whimpering. Upon looking in his ear to see what was going on, I can see that the growth is now also inside his ear and it is almost closed shut! It wasn't bigger than a dime this morning under his ear so I am naturally quite concerned. He is still eating, drinking, peeing and pooping normal, and he will play if I really get him excited (which is much harder to do than normal). He also greeted the two dogs who live in my building with lots of energy and no signs of pain. I am just concerned that if this is growing so fast that I should take him in to the emergency hours at my vet tonight. If you call out of the normal hours, they will connect you to a vet on call and they will come in if it is an emergency. I am not really sure that it is though... I can also take him at 10am tomorrow during their regular hours. I am very concerned and just hoping that it is something non-serious and they can take care of it tomorrow rather than taking him tonight and having to pay a huge fee for an emergency visit. He is really acting strange, shaking, whimpering and he will barely let me touch him. He wants to be curled up in the corner all the time. I am just beside myself at what I should do or if I can do anything to keep him comfortable till morning. (It is after 8pm here already, just for reference). Any help or even just prayers/thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone has had a similar experience, what did you?