Articles about American Pit Bull Terrier
...to start reading this and the other useful articles from the beginning please click on here....The surgery is done by surgically removing a portion of the ear and suturing the incision then placing the ear in an upright position in some form of rack. Often a tall paper cup or aluminum splint. The ears will need to heal for days before the sutures are removed. Follow-up care is undoubtedly more difficult and time-consuming than the surgery itself and is vital to the ultimate outcome. Leaving sutures longer than 7 days can result in scarring along the ear edge. The ears will still have quite a few scabs at this stage and may be a very sensitive and bleed yet. It now becomes more difficult to keep the ears in the rack. As the ears heal, they itch and drive the pup crazy. Dilute betadine and Neosporin can help the healing process and relieve some of the itching, however, it can also loosen the tape used to secure the ears so stay well away from the tape if you can. A mild sedative may even be advisable for this stage of the healing as the puppy may be quite uncomfortable. Find out the vets office hours for future reference. The ears are very susceptible to coming down from now until they stand. NEVER try to tape the ears up yourself unless you have been well educated how to do so by your vet. If you tape around the raw edge of the ear, or if you tape too tightly you can actually cut off the circulation to the ear very quickly, causing it to die and fall off. It happens. There is no repair for an ear that has died and fallen off. The ears will stay in the rack for 17- 21 days until they are fully healed and starting to stand on their own. From here they will be wrapped in soft cotton wraps with tape and will stay like this until they stand. Typically your vet will want to check on them every 10-14 days if the pup leaves the bandages alone that long. If, or rather when, your puppy gets his or her ears out of whatever apparatus they are in, it is vital that you get him to the vet within an hour or so. The longer the ears stay down, the longer they will take to stand. It may be a good idea to have a crash course in the do's and don'ts of emergency taping in case you have a mishap over a weekend or holiday. A breed with a short ear, like a Pit Bull will have quicker results. Post surgery healing and after care plays a big role in the length of time it takes to have a finished ear, but genetics as much as anything is the biggest influence....to read the other interesting article please click on here.....
