[BrooklynBlues]

I took my puppy for his third distemper shot today, and the vet said he had ear mites. They cleaned his ears and applied some medicine (I wasn't there during the procedure), and the vet gave me a cleaning solution, an ear mite killer ointment, and a topical antibiotic, all to apply twice a day at home.

Tonight I tried applying the stuff, and the puppy of course was not crazy about any of it. He screamed his guts out every time a drop touched his ear, and I had him pinned and fed him treats continuously during the procedure. He still screamed. It was super stressful because I was afraid I would touch his ear drums or have him jerk his neck and choke himself.

At the end of this torture for both of us, I noticed a very weird separation at the bottom of the outer sides of both of his ears. I thought I tore his ears while applying the treatment, but there was no blood, and I never applied pulling pressure to the ear--just had it folded out and pressed against his head while I was cleaning it and applying the solution. But, still, I never saw that interruption in the outer line of his ears before. It almost looks like the skin is separated from the ear.

Could they have torn his ears at the vets office and washed the blood off before giving him back to me? He was there for a long time... I really hope I'm just paranoid, but I am very worried about this.