So I have a black and white tuxedo long haired stray who I see probably at least 3 times a week. Sometimes when I open the door he will stay [I suppose that's when he's REALLY hungry] and i'll give him some wet food and pet him. Other times he'll just bolt. I started noticing him around 4 months ago.. at least 9 mos old.. but who knows for sure. ANYWAYS. The first time I saw him he had what I thought were some battle wounds on his right ear. Over the next few times I saw him it seemed to scab over. Today I was looking at him and was wondering if maybe he had ear mites really bad in that ear, because it looks like there's claw marks all through his scabbed/scarred up area and i'm thinking he's just scratching and hurting himself over trying to itch his ear? Because it's quite the build up of scar tissue and just looks like it's been torn up over and over again. I'm wondering if there's a really fast, simple treatment I can give him that will help him even a little? Either for the mites or for the wound itself? It couldn't be to intricate of a procedure since he's VERY skittish and only let's me grasp him for maybe two seconds... I don't have money to take him to the vet immediately as I just spent $500 last week on two of the other kitties. Suggestions?
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