If you have no experience with home treatments, you should probably get her to a vet. Personally if it were me, since I have treated a lot of my pets over the years and learned a lot from the vets when I have had to take them in, I would first clean the area real good, gently squeeze out any puss or infection, put and anti-biotic ointment on it, give some antibiotics and wait a day or two. If it starts to heal, great...if not, then I would see a vet......but then again, like I said, I have treated my own pets for stuff like this a lot, have the medication needed on hand, ect.....so basically I have a little knowledge of what I am doing. If you don't have this, you may want to go on to the vet and while you are there...learn for the next time :-) Marsha
Do not tell God how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your God is. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lizz Lizz To: chigroup Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 1:05 AM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Any ideas about lump/lesion with pus around ear My poor dog has a rather large swelling at the front of her head just in front of her ear. I am suprised because I just noticed it today. I do have them out every day and she is white so I would have noticed it so it would have have to been bedtime last night/overnight/this morning. When I noticed it, it had cracked pus looking stuff on it. I put a hot cloth on it. A bit of pus came out and the scab stuff came off but now it is bright red and seems to have a mass inside it. She doesn't seem bothered by it and has let me look at it. Here is a pic I'm thinking I should take her in but not sure, I have another chi and also a cat that likes to play with them so she could have got the scratch/bite from either if that is what it is. Thanks Sue ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
