Testing Bear’s ears

[Biggietoms]

I’m concerned that I’m mutilating my poor cats ears. They are beat up.I warm them up and apply pressure after the poke. Anyone have tips that could maybe make this more easier on him. He’s starting to run from me.

 

[FrostD]

The beauty of a black cat I guess, I could never see.

Only advice is do your best to miss the vein, when you hit that, that's the painful part and bleeds a lot. It does take practice not to pierce through, just lightly touch it. Can try it on your own fingers with clean lancets to get a feel for it.

 

[JanetNJ]

I’m concerned that I’m mutilating my poor cats ears. They are beat up.I warm them up and apply pressure after the poke. Anyone have tips that could maybe make this more easier on him. He’s starting to run from me.

Could you be accidentally hitting the vein? That would cause them to bleed more and bruise.

 

[Biggietoms]

No, I dont think im hitting the vein I think im just going through the ear and need to pull up on the pressure.

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

I have read that members use pure coconut oil, I have copied this from one of the members posts
just make sure the only ingredient is coconut oil (mine is solid at room temp and I would take an itty bitty dab and rub on his ears