Cleaning your cat's ears.

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raz230 - 03 Feb 2007 00:04 GMT

My cat always needs to have his ears cleaned (which I do carefully w/
q-tips). The older he gets, the more often I seem to have to do
this. I have been told he could have ear mites and I took him to the
vet once - admittedly at some point after recently cleaning his ears
out; and was told he did not have mites.

His ears get very dirty and I know this bothers him as he enjoys it
when I clean his ears. I have several friends with cats and they do
not have this problem.

Do some cats just have dirty ears or should I try a different vet?

Rob

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Cheryl - 03 Feb 2007 01:19 GMT

> My cat always needs to have his ears cleaned (which I do
> carefully w/ q-tips). The older he gets, the more often I seem
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> Rob

Hi Rob. If it isn't mites, it's probably yeast infection. You need
to control the conditions that make it ripe for yeast. Cleaning
them with solution specifically designed to control (lower) the pH
level should help. It could also be an allergy problem. When you do
clean them, be sure to thoroughly dry them because yeast and fungus
thrive in moist places.

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kraut - 03 Feb 2007 14:17 GMT

>> My cat always needs to have his ears cleaned (which I do
>> carefully w/ q-tips). The older he gets, the more often I seem
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>> Do some cats just have dirty ears or should I try a different
>> vet?

>Hi Rob. If it isn't mites, it's probably yeast infection. You need
>to control the conditions that make it ripe for yeast. Cleaning
>them with solution specifically designed to control (lower) the pH
>level should help. It could also be an allergy problem. When you do
>clean them, be sure to thoroughly dry them because yeast and fungus
>thrive in moist places.

Insteqad of taking cat to vet AFTER you clean it's ears take it BEFORE
you clean them so he can see what is going on and get a sample to look
at.

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Cheryl - 03 Feb 2007 01:21 GMT

On Fri 02 Feb 2007 07:04:09p, raz230 wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav <news:1170461049.231221.126320
@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>:

> Do some cats just have dirty ears or should I try a different vet?

Oh, and PS - try a different vet. They can recommend a good ear
solution in addition to helping you figure out if it's an allergy.

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Cheryl - 03 Feb 2007 05:18 GMT

Feeling silly, Rob, but a third reply. I have been reading about
this because I had a cat with horrible ear problems and the vets
never could get it under control, and your post reminded me of it.
He's been gone a couple of years now.

Here's some interesting reading.
http://animalpetdoctor.homestead.com/Ears.html

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Spot - 04 Feb 2007 03:20 GMT

I have a male cat who gets very dirty ears. He never has mites they just
get waxy. I take a cotton balls and wipe the ears. He sits there and just
eats it up doesn't fuss one bit when I do it.

Celeste

> My cat always needs to have his ears cleaned (which I do carefully w/
> q-tips). The older he gets, the more often I seem to have to do
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>
> Rob

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