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Advice is greatly appreciated...
Everything was going great, he had the surgery with no problems and came home perfectly fine (his usual running off with any clothes I'd left on the floor self). His ears were taped to a cup, and the vet gave me this powder (Neo-Perdef) to put on them twice a day. She said just to peel back the wrap sprinkle it in and rub it gently. Well...the second I peeled back the wrap, his left ear fell out completely, and there was no way he was letting me put it back in. So I called her to let her know and she said to bring him in the next day. When I brought him in, she decided to just take the cup off...and she told me to leave it off for a week and then to come in and get the ears taped...does that seem right to you? I thought the cup was supposed to stay on for a full week, not just one day.
I took him in this morning to have her take a look at the ears, and she said she was going to go ahead and tape them. They took him in the back and when he came out, he had a thin piece of foam stuck in each ear, and nothing holding them straight up (they were sticking out almost like handle bars instead of straight up). She said to leave them taped until Sunday and then to take the tape off and they should be standing. (after only a few days of taping and one day on the cup??) When I got home and could take a better look at them, i noticed it looks like the stitches weren't taken out either (which I thought were supposed to be removed before taping). So I frantically tried to call before they closed, but I was their last appt, and by the time I got home they were closed.
I have a really bad feeling about all this, but unfortunately, I wont be able to get to another vet until Thursday morning. I've been calling around, but most vets are closed for the day, and the couple that were still open have no dr.'s experienced with ear cropping. I taped the ears myself so that they're straight up instead of out to the side, but he is shaking his head A LOT and I can't get him to stop. I even tried letting him chew on my socks which he loves so much...but nothing seems to distract him long enough. Right now he's sleeping (thank God). What can I do to get him to stop shaking his head (if that's possible)? And what do you all think about the vet? Does she just have a different way of doing it...or should I be worried. Also, how much bleeding is too much and how much is normal?
(sigh) thanks. :sadcry:
Everything was going great, he had the surgery with no problems and came home perfectly fine (his usual running off with any clothes I'd left on the floor self). His ears were taped to a cup, and the vet gave me this powder (Neo-Perdef) to put on them twice a day. She said just to peel back the wrap sprinkle it in and rub it gently. Well...the second I peeled back the wrap, his left ear fell out completely, and there was no way he was letting me put it back in. So I called her to let her know and she said to bring him in the next day. When I brought him in, she decided to just take the cup off...and she told me to leave it off for a week and then to come in and get the ears taped...does that seem right to you? I thought the cup was supposed to stay on for a full week, not just one day.
I took him in this morning to have her take a look at the ears, and she said she was going to go ahead and tape them. They took him in the back and when he came out, he had a thin piece of foam stuck in each ear, and nothing holding them straight up (they were sticking out almost like handle bars instead of straight up). She said to leave them taped until Sunday and then to take the tape off and they should be standing. (after only a few days of taping and one day on the cup??) When I got home and could take a better look at them, i noticed it looks like the stitches weren't taken out either (which I thought were supposed to be removed before taping). So I frantically tried to call before they closed, but I was their last appt, and by the time I got home they were closed.
I have a really bad feeling about all this, but unfortunately, I wont be able to get to another vet until Thursday morning. I've been calling around, but most vets are closed for the day, and the couple that were still open have no dr.'s experienced with ear cropping. I taped the ears myself so that they're straight up instead of out to the side, but he is shaking his head A LOT and I can't get him to stop. I even tried letting him chew on my socks which he loves so much...but nothing seems to distract him long enough. Right now he's sleeping (thank God). What can I do to get him to stop shaking his head (if that's possible)? And what do you all think about the vet? Does she just have a different way of doing it...or should I be worried. Also, how much bleeding is too much and how much is normal?
(sigh) thanks. :sadcry:
