The place we are renting at has outdoor barn cats. They don't get any basic care besides food at all. They are not my cats and I don't have the money to take care of all of them. I AM very much willing to do anything I can with home remedies. (I am actually transporting the one and only female to a low cost spay/neuter clinic an hour away to at least prevent more litters, but as far as expense goes, I can only afford that because it will only be $25 because I'm on food stamps, medicaid and WIC.)
Anyway, the cat we call "pegleg" (hit by a car, broke leg, never treated and healed so that he walks like he's got a peg for a leg) has a huge, bloody sore on one of his ears. He's very friendly and I'm fond of him. We put bag balm on it, but I'm sure theres an underlying cause as to why he's scratching at them so badly. My guess is ear mites. I've looked in his ears, and they aren't the worst I've seen, but they do have black crust-like substance in them.
I plan on using maybe some witch hazel/water flush on them to help relieve pain and clean them a bit, but I don't know if there is anything I could possibly do as a home remedy that may kill ear mites. Anyone have any suggestions? for either the ear mites and treatment of the sore that wouldn't make him dig at it more?
Anyway, the cat we call "pegleg" (hit by a car, broke leg, never treated and healed so that he walks like he's got a peg for a leg) has a huge, bloody sore on one of his ears. He's very friendly and I'm fond of him. We put bag balm on it, but I'm sure theres an underlying cause as to why he's scratching at them so badly. My guess is ear mites. I've looked in his ears, and they aren't the worst I've seen, but they do have black crust-like substance in them.
I plan on using maybe some witch hazel/water flush on them to help relieve pain and clean them a bit, but I don't know if there is anything I could possibly do as a home remedy that may kill ear mites. Anyone have any suggestions? for either the ear mites and treatment of the sore that wouldn't make him dig at it more?