Grass Awns In Dogs Ear

One of the most common minor emergencies we see during the summer in the mid southare grass awn foreign bodies.

Grass awns in dogs ear. When a grass awn is embedded the body responds with inflammation. The most common presentation is a draining tract between the toes. Pretty much any contact a dog has with grass awns is potentially hazardous. Grass awns may get caught in a dog s paws nostrils face and ears.

Grass awns can be inhaled become lodged in the ears swallowed or even just imbedded in the coat or skin. Grass awns have been known to migrate through the body wall and migrate to the chest and abdominal cavities. Depending on where the grass awn get stuck contact symptoms can vary accordingly. They may also become embedded in the body.

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. The dog shakes the head scratches or rubs the ears holds his head at a slightly tilted angle between the eye eyelid. The eyes of the dog get inflamed.