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Any hows I'm here to share my own experience to have clean cat ears forever.
My cat had black discharges I don't know what were they exactly! earmites or wax or something else.
Got checked a couple of times, and they weren't earmites. Had a little talk with the vet of how this black thing wouldn't go and it always come back. He said that the more cleaning the more the discharge. He was right.
The more you go near the canal the more black wax you'll have the next morning.
Here's an anatomy of a cat's ear:
So the cleaning should be only in the inner ear flap, NEVER go near the vertical ear canal or any way further down. Even if you see black things in there, don't worry it will move outside the ear canal and you'll be able to clean it a couple of days later. But as long as its in the canal, leave it.
The image below is WRONG:
Using the q-tip like that will make the canal produce more discharges. So DON"T.
Cleaning should be done once a week until they are perfectly clean (around 5 weeks)
Then you can have them cleaned every month or longer.
You will notice the change on the third week. (if you were doing it right)
I bath my cat once a week and clean his ears before bathing. (during the treatment, but after I finished the treatment course around 5-6 weeks I just check his ears and they are healthy clean but I think they should be cleaned once a month or every two months, depends if he actually needs it)
First get your cat checked for earmites or any ear thing before we start.
Second, let you cat get a professional grooming (bath/nail clipping/ ear cleaning)
Ok lets start:
What we need:
-Cotton balls or cotton pads and q-tips.
-Any ear cleaning solution for cats.
Method:
Instead of squeezing the ear solution in the cats ear I prefer to squeeze it in the cotton. If you use the cotton pads I suggest you open it in half so it's thinner and easier to clean with.
Any hard to clean areas do use a q-tip dipped in the ear solution.
(little ear solution on cotton please, we don't want drippings)
Above: This is what you want to clean, the inner ear flap only, no going down please.
Simple as this:
And lastly:
BUT beware of doing the following:
BIG NO, you'll be running in a circle.
Hope everything is clear, and helps everyone as it helped me.
Take care.
Any hows I'm here to share my own experience to have clean cat ears forever.
My cat had black discharges I don't know what were they exactly! earmites or wax or something else.
Got checked a couple of times, and they weren't earmites. Had a little talk with the vet of how this black thing wouldn't go and it always come back. He said that the more cleaning the more the discharge. He was right.
The more you go near the canal the more black wax you'll have the next morning.
Here's an anatomy of a cat's ear:
So the cleaning should be only in the inner ear flap, NEVER go near the vertical ear canal or any way further down. Even if you see black things in there, don't worry it will move outside the ear canal and you'll be able to clean it a couple of days later. But as long as its in the canal, leave it.
The image below is WRONG:
Using the q-tip like that will make the canal produce more discharges. So DON"T.
Cleaning should be done once a week until they are perfectly clean (around 5 weeks)
Then you can have them cleaned every month or longer.
You will notice the change on the third week. (if you were doing it right)
I bath my cat once a week and clean his ears before bathing. (during the treatment, but after I finished the treatment course around 5-6 weeks I just check his ears and they are healthy clean but I think they should be cleaned once a month or every two months, depends if he actually needs it)
First get your cat checked for earmites or any ear thing before we start.
Second, let you cat get a professional grooming (bath/nail clipping/ ear cleaning)
Ok lets start:
What we need:
-Cotton balls or cotton pads and q-tips.
-Any ear cleaning solution for cats.
Method:
Instead of squeezing the ear solution in the cats ear I prefer to squeeze it in the cotton. If you use the cotton pads I suggest you open it in half so it's thinner and easier to clean with.
Any hard to clean areas do use a q-tip dipped in the ear solution.
(little ear solution on cotton please, we don't want drippings)
Above: This is what you want to clean, the inner ear flap only, no going down please.
Simple as this:
And lastly:
BUT beware of doing the following:
BIG NO, you'll be running in a circle.
Hope everything is clear, and helps everyone as it helped me.
Take care.
