Bloody grass seeds!!!

[deerstalker.308]

Just had this delight removed from the ear drum (which is now slightly damaged as a result) of my smallest spaniel. I emphasise the “smallest” bit as her ear canal isn’t that wide, she’s a tiny spaniel, bloody things. And that’s from being super careful. She’s a lot happier now thankfully.

 

[NigelM]

Had the same with the wife's Cockerpoo 3 weeks ago. Nothing a trip to the vet and £170 couldn't sort out

 

[deerstalker.308]

Had the same with the wife's Cockerpoo 3 weeks ago. Nothing a trip to the vet and £170 couldn't sort out

I was lucky then, mine was £90 with a week of antibiotics and pain relief

 

[Jelen]

Yes, pain in the a--e, ear and everywhere else. The seeds (Bromes?) get in the skin and migrate under the skin. Abscesses can appear and need a vet visit. I get my Cockers hair cut into a 'skinhead' in early July, prior to dogging in, so I can spot the seeds easier. Touch wood as I've not needed a vet yet.

 

[Reloader708]

Ive had serious bother this year! Eyes and seeds right up between toes that have started working into the skin.

 

[Buchan]

They are SO satisfying to remove and there is an inexhaustible supply and the popular dogs are more hairy so the seeds get trapped more so it's a fantastic income stream for us

 

[deerstalker.308]

They are SO satisfying to remove and there is an inexhaustible supply and the popular dogs are more hairy so the seeds get trapped more so it's a fantastic income stream for us

You’re not doing anything to quell those folk who view vets as money making machines now are you!!!

 

[Len the dog]

Not a day goes by that my springer doesn’t get grass seeds in his eyes at this time of year. I’ve bought a couple of boxes of saline pods from Screwfix and keep them in both cars and the game bag, only 25p a time. Prior to that it was £150 to get his abraded cornea sorted.

 

[willie_gunn]

Make like a good boy scout, and Be Prepared:

 

[finbar]

Ma mates cocker wild barley seed nearly lost the dog Bill £800 + there a video of young vet cutting it open the assistant nearly spews wit the smell lil dog ok no

 

[Selous]

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Looks like a nasty accident in the stapling department of WH Smith’s!!

 

[Jura]

I’ve bought a couple of boxes of saline pods from Screwfix

Thanks, good information, just picked some up from Screwfix

 

[nick.308]

never knew seeds could cause such a problem! what seeds are they?

 

[stalker58]

You’re not doing anything to quell those folk who view vets as money making machines now are you!!!

My local Vet..I said to the girls on reception after paying, You should change the Practice name to Dick Turpin’s veterinary practice,they didn’t know who I was on about

 

[Buchan]

never knew seeds could cause such a problem! what seeds are they?

Lots of seeds, grass and barley awns are the worst, the hairs on them can allow them to migrate in the body, so that the discharging hole you think is an abscess from say a bite, is due to a seed that is a long way away. As in the cocker above

 

[finbar]

this is the offending barley seed that nearly cost gud lil cocker her life & ma mate £800+

 

[Beretta V]

My cocker had one a few weeks back. £160 on a Saturday morning.
My usual vets we’re not interested in helping me. I told them that my dog was getting aggressive and I have children in the house.
They just said not their problem and to call someone else!
Won’t use them again!

 

[Puds]

Found a lump on about the size of a plum on my older cocker’s tail about a month ago.
Got some gloves on & kitchen towel as a catcher’s mitt, then gave it a gentle squeeze towards what looked like an opening….
Out shot a delightfully smelling mix of blood, chunky green pus, runny yellow pus and, eventually, a big old grass seed.
I got it all out & kept it clean (saline flush then hibiscrub & a dressing), and mercifully it’s healed right up.

 

[pjkaz]

Yep Foxtails Barbed Grass seeds . My springer was obsessed with licking her left paw. had a look and found a small circular hole between her tows and a red swollen lump further up her paw near her ankle. gave it a squeeze and out popped the offending foxtail seed as per Finbars picture. Thankfully no trip to the vet .

 

[pjkaz]

This came out of her paw about 12mm long