Quote Originally Posted by Medusa View Post
Was the situation w/the ear polyp ever addressed? If left untreated, the ear will bleed because the polyp grows quickly. The one that Yodie had grew right out of her ear and down into her throat. Shrinking it is only very temporary; it has to be removed at the head, meaning at the root, or it will continue to grow back. Give that boy some belly rubs for me.
No, it's been put on the back burner because we wanted to see if we could keep him alive and then go from there. I know that sounds so brutal but it's all we can do right now. The vet said it's either a polyp or a tumour. She agrees with you, the polyp needs to be removed but we told her we just couldn't deal with that financially. That is when she said that steroids can help shrink it temporarily. But we can't do that either at this point because he can't have steroids in the condition he is in. We're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place right now.

It must be the polyp bleeding because in two days, the amount of dried blood that built up was crazy. It was rock hard and about half an inch thick. It took me 20 minutes or more to cut through the build up to get it smaller so we could soften it up with some coconut butter (Angela's idea, she has some experience with holistic stuff so that has been great). The coconut butter/oil is only going on the external part of his ear where the dried blood is. We also put hydrogen peroxide again and it foamed like crazy.

I think this must be dealt with if he makes it. I just don't know how at this point. We're trying to get him to the two week marker for the retest of blood to check his thyroid and infection to see if there has been a change and then make a decision. Finding him shelter is number one on the list right now too. But the polyp must be dealt with if he makes it. Thanks for posting about Barnacles when I know you have so much going on with Pidgelet. I'm going to go check your thread now.