Rambo, a 9-year old DSH, started having crusty scabs all around the outside and rim of both ears -- but nowhere else. This just started about 2 weeks ago.
I took Rambo to the vet last week.
The vet said she was 95% sure that Rambo's ears got sunburned. Rambo was normally an indoor cat when he was with his previous owner, but now he goes outside to my balcony where he sometimes sleeps in the sun, so the sunburn theory sounds plausible. There is shade over part of the balcony but Rambo just likes to lie in the sunlight.
The vet said he does not have mites. She said the inside of his ears would be much dirtier if he had mites.
The vet swabbed out his ears, cleaned up the scabs, put some ointment on his ears, gave him anti-biotic for any infection, and put a cone on him and said keep it on for a week. Here's what the vet did:
Do you know what this is?
Has your cat had this?
Do you think his ears got sunburned?
Could this be an allergy?
Acne?
Mange?
If an allergy, acne, or mange, then why is it nowhere else?
Thanks,
I took Rambo to the vet last week.
The vet said she was 95% sure that Rambo's ears got sunburned. Rambo was normally an indoor cat when he was with his previous owner, but now he goes outside to my balcony where he sometimes sleeps in the sun, so the sunburn theory sounds plausible. There is shade over part of the balcony but Rambo just likes to lie in the sunlight.
The vet said he does not have mites. She said the inside of his ears would be much dirtier if he had mites.
The vet swabbed out his ears, cleaned up the scabs, put some ointment on his ears, gave him anti-biotic for any infection, and put a cone on him and said keep it on for a week. Here's what the vet did:
It's been 3 days now -- maybe it's too soon -- but Rambo still has scabs and what looks like blisters.
Do you know what this is?
Has your cat had this?
Do you think his ears got sunburned?
Could this be an allergy?
Acne?
Mange?
If an allergy, acne, or mange, then why is it nowhere else?
Thanks,
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