My 2 1/2 year old cat had ear mites when she was a few weeks old. She was treated and they cleared up. She later developed an ear infection that the vet believed was caused by the ear mites. This also cleared up when it was treated with some ear drops. Off and on for about a ear she would get a lot of black stuff in her left ear, eventually this stuff was pretty much always in her ear and had to be cleaned at least once a week. A couple months ago her right ear,which was always clean, started getting the black stuff in it too so we took her back to the vet. We again took her back to the vet and he checked her for ear mites again but she did not have them. We were given a cleaner called cerumene to clean her ears out with. We used the cerumene three times but stopped because it made her ears turn blood red and inflamed. The vet the gave us some hydrocortisone ointment to put in her ears which helped clear up the redness and stop the scratching. The doctor said her problem was probably a skin irritation so he gave her a hydrocortisone shot two months ago. Shortly after we stopped putting the ointment in her ears they started getting dirty again. She scratches them all the time and digs sores. They are red off and on and when I checked them today they had big chunks of black stuff in them.
Has anyone else had this problem with their cat?
I've read that it could be a yeast infection, diabetes FIV or FLV. My cat was tested for FIV and FLV when she was six weeks old and the results were negative. She was a stray when I found her at two weeks old and she did have runny eye and nose and sneezed a lot but the doctor never said anything about it and it eventually cleared up and did not return.
Thanks for your help.
Has anyone else had this problem with their cat?
I've read that it could be a yeast infection, diabetes FIV or FLV. My cat was tested for FIV and FLV when she was six weeks old and the results were negative. She was a stray when I found her at two weeks old and she did have runny eye and nose and sneezed a lot but the doctor never said anything about it and it eventually cleared up and did not return.
Thanks for your help.