Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
Keymaster
Hello - there looks to be bruising, but it's hard to tell from a picture. Does the ear feel thickened, as though there is something between the skin and the cartilage? Usually the skin of the ear is quite tightly attached to the cartilage, but sometimes they can bleed into the space between the two, a so-called 'aural haematoma'. Other times, the skin can simply become very itchy, thickened and inflamed, from something like an allergy, mites, a foreign-body to the ear etc. In fact, most ear cases are strongly linked to chronic skin disease / allergy. More rarely, blood vessels can bleed spontaneously, e.g. in clotting defects. Tumours, lumps and bumps, rare rashes etc. may also be considered. We do recommend showing this ear to your vet for assessment. Please will you let us know how you get on?
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