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My daughter's tortie has a hematoma on her ear that makes it look like cauliflower. The first vet thought she had earmites, but the meds didn't stop her cat from kicking and scratching. The vet said there was no use in draining the hematoma or performing surgery while the itch was that intense. So she put an Elizabethan collar on Tortie. Unfortunately, when the treatment was over and the collar removed, Tortie started scratching and kicking away.
Tortie had to go to the emergency vet one night because it was late when my daughter got home from work, and the doctor there said she thought it was not ear mites, but a fungus, and agreed that the hematoma would just keep returning until the root cause was taken care of. Back on with the collar, and more meds. Everything looked fine until the collar came off. The cycle keeps repeating! Over and over, my daughter is running to the vet. The collar can't stay on throughout Tortie's life, so my daughter is very upset. Of course running back and forth (and Tortie spent several days in the hospital) is costing a fortune, and nothing is helping.
My Checkers had a lump on her ear. The hematoma was removed, the ear mite meds continued and that was the end of it. My daughter had seen Checkers and said this is much worse. I have no answer for her. Dr. Jean, are you around? We need your advice.
Tortie had to go to the emergency vet one night because it was late when my daughter got home from work, and the doctor there said she thought it was not ear mites, but a fungus, and agreed that the hematoma would just keep returning until the root cause was taken care of. Back on with the collar, and more meds. Everything looked fine until the collar came off. The cycle keeps repeating! Over and over, my daughter is running to the vet. The collar can't stay on throughout Tortie's life, so my daughter is very upset. Of course running back and forth (and Tortie spent several days in the hospital) is costing a fortune, and nothing is helping.
My Checkers had a lump on her ear. The hematoma was removed, the ear mite meds continued and that was the end of it. My daughter had seen Checkers and said this is much worse. I have no answer for her. Dr. Jean, are you around? We need your advice.