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could be the color of the food she ate? did she chew on grass? sometimes veggies change the color of the poo. As long as she is active-keep doing what you are doing.
Hmm alright, should she be alright seeing as the infections cleared up? If it was a polyp the infection would come back, right? I heard that polyps are generally rare so I'm hoping it's just scar tissue. How long generally do polyps take to form?It sounds like scar tissue.
Yes, this happens when the ear suffers an injury caused by infection, etc, usually an ongoing issue will cause the ear to do this, thickening, folding, even cauliflower ear, which is the extreme of what you are seeing.
Okay so we have ANOTHER problem :-(
I was checking her ear today and I realised that the one that had the infection seems to look a little abnormal? When I push back the flap of the ear and compare them, the normal ear can be seen right into it, but the one with the infection seems to be 'blocked' with her skin. It's kind of hard to explain. It's like there are two small ball link lumps beside the normal 'lump' in her ear. So there's a total of three lumps in her infected ear compared to only one lump in the normal ear. Her hearing doesn't seem to be affected by this and she's still active, eating etc. etc. I can't see any third-eyelid (apart from when she's sleepy and it shows a little) though the infected ear is warm to touch.
I did a bit of research on it and I found that it could possibly be an ear polyp? But that doesn't make sense because the ear infection has gone away now and there's no more puss or dried blood! And the wounds have all healed. Weirdly enough the 'lumps' are where the wounds used to be, so could her skin have healed weirdly? I'm like 90% sure it's her actual skin because of the colour and because it doesn't budge if I touch it. Though she doesn't let me touch it for long and wriggles away before I can examine it for a long time.
There are no neurological signs of a polyp either, her pupils respond to light properly and all of that, and her eyelids aren't droopy. I asked Mum about it and she said that she'd be okay and that it was nothing to worry about but I can't help to be worried about it possibly being a polyp :-( I'm hoping that maybe it's just something she was born with? But I can't remember if it was there or not when she originally came.
I'll tag a few of the admins to see if they know what it could be @catwoman707 @StefanZ
Ooooh yes I remember cauliflower ear, Cipher, one of my rescues got it due to a hematoma because he'd scratch at his ear so much (he had mites when I rescued him). But this is like inside the actual ear, when you push back the flappy bit? It doesn't seem to bother her much though and she doesn't scratch anymore, I'll keep an eye on it though to make sure the infection doesn't come back -- today's the last day of antibiotics, too.
Yes, this happens when the ear suffers an injury caused by infection, etc, usually an ongoing issue will cause the ear to do this, thickening, folding, even cauliflower ear, which is the extreme of what you are seeing.
Would you believe I had a new feral cat show up at one of my colonies I have TNR'd at and care for, who I could not even think about getting near and was trap-smart, who started out with scabs from scratching at his ear, as it finally healed it became like cauliflower, it stayed this way for a couple months, then t=one time when I showed up to feed there, his ear was gone! Yes, GONE! That was a first for me let me tell you.....no hole, nothing but new skin and fur growing.
Crazy huh?!
I have also rescued a few homeless/uncared for cats with earmites turned infection, once I got them healed their ears were changed, so this is likely what you are seeing.
Okay I'll continue with the antibiotic! Do you think I should increase the doseage, or keep it the same? Oh good, that's a relief, I thought the infection had come back all over again! :-(Perhaps continue with another round of the antibiotic. The fact it popped and is draining is good. Sounds like the infection has been responding to the antibiotic. It may need more time on the antibiotic if it was that infected.
I'd be cautious about putting anything in her ear. See what the university vet says when you go.
She looks so much better since being on the antibiotic.