| When we got Tristan he had a horrible case of ear mites. They cleared
up fairly quickly with medication, but the after-effects seemed
to go on forever. His ears were so tender that putting the medication
in hurt, so he was mad at us for weeks after it ended, then he got
an ear infection on top of all that so he had to go on medication
again. Even after the infection was cleared up he continued to
put out a lot of ear wax for a long time. We took him back to
the vet's several times to be certain, but the vet told us his ears
were just very iritated by all that had gone on with them -- thank
goodness! We thought the mites weren't going away.
Good luck with Mikki,
Karen, Tristan and Tenzing.
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| How do you detect mites?
My boys' ears look very clean; however, I was told that sometimes,
mites are not that easy to detect - case in point: my neighbor's
cat had them at one point and she never even knew...the vet found
them during a routine office visit.
I would like to know what to look for, both now and in the future.
Thanks,
Roberta
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| You can detect ear mites by the look of the dirt in the ear. If
there is a dark brown, dry, crumbly looking ear dirt, then the cat
probably has ear mites. Normal ears are clean, or if the cat puts
out "normal" ear wax, it's a soft, waxy texture, not crumbly. It's
been my experience with ear mites that you will be able to see the
dirt if you look for it. Also the cat may scratch his ears from
the irritation. Ear mites are, by the way, contagious. All the
cat has to do is get near enough to an infected cat's ears for the
mites to travel over.
Karen, Tristan and Tenzing.
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