Grass Awns In Dogs Ear

Pretty much any contact a dog has with grass awns is potentially hazardous.

Grass awns in dogs ear.

These seeds or grass awns can become lodged in pet ears between toes and under the skin. It is when they are not quickly removed by the owner or expelled by the animal that they become problematic. When a grass awn is embedded the body responds with inflammation. One of the most common minor emergencies we see during the summer in the mid southare grass awn foreign bodies.

The dog shakes the head scratches or rubs the ears holds his head at a slightly tilted angle between the eye eyelid. Grass awns can be inhaled become lodged in the ears swallowed or even just imbedded in the coat or skin. They may also become embedded in the body. Depending on where the grass awn get stuck contact symptoms can vary accordingly.

Grass awns have been known to migrate through the body wall and migrate to the chest and abdominal cavities. No infections or abscesses matted hair only ear canal. However grass awns can also cause much more serious health problems when they enter through the mouth or nose of a dog and migrate through the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract.