- Joined
- Jan 5, 2016
- Messages
- 21
- Purraise
- 5
Hi there. I'm new here... looking for any help, urgently.
Yesterday morning, my boyfriend and I noticed that our cat (Dax - 1 and a half years) was heavily in distress. She was itching, her ear and her fur was twitching, at a few points she started panting like a dog. We bought some flea powder and put it on when we got home. It ended up making it worse... A LOT worse.
She was rolling around, she was absolutely desperate. I eventually brought out the flashlight on my phone and started to look at her ear, it seemed to be bothering her the most. I looked inside and it seemed fine but I started to notice that if I gently touched her ear, she became hysterical. Especially at the back. It was at that point I demanded we take her to the 24hr vet although we were still thinking fleas, even though I didn't see fleas.
She lost her mind when the vet touched her ear, and he put an earbud in. I won't go into detail about what came out but it turns out it was DEFINITELY not fleas. She has a horrific ear infection which somehow irritates her skin. She got an injection and eardrops (which I left the room for) and the vet told us we have to give her these eardrops every morning and every night for 2 weeks. Easy enough, right? WRONG.
This is where we need help. We did it for the first time this morning. My boyfriend did the first ear by himself, easy peasy. Called me for the 2nd one. The nozzle with the eardrops is about 5 centimetres long and it has to go ENTIRELY in her ear. My baby girl was screaming with pain. Even thinking about it makes me want to bust out in tears. I ended up calling our neighbour for help.
Please, does anyone know what we can do?? Even if it's just a thought. Please.
Yesterday morning, my boyfriend and I noticed that our cat (Dax - 1 and a half years) was heavily in distress. She was itching, her ear and her fur was twitching, at a few points she started panting like a dog. We bought some flea powder and put it on when we got home. It ended up making it worse... A LOT worse.
She was rolling around, she was absolutely desperate. I eventually brought out the flashlight on my phone and started to look at her ear, it seemed to be bothering her the most. I looked inside and it seemed fine but I started to notice that if I gently touched her ear, she became hysterical. Especially at the back. It was at that point I demanded we take her to the 24hr vet although we were still thinking fleas, even though I didn't see fleas.
She lost her mind when the vet touched her ear, and he put an earbud in. I won't go into detail about what came out but it turns out it was DEFINITELY not fleas. She has a horrific ear infection which somehow irritates her skin. She got an injection and eardrops (which I left the room for) and the vet told us we have to give her these eardrops every morning and every night for 2 weeks. Easy enough, right? WRONG.
This is where we need help. We did it for the first time this morning. My boyfriend did the first ear by himself, easy peasy. Called me for the 2nd one. The nozzle with the eardrops is about 5 centimetres long and it has to go ENTIRELY in her ear. My baby girl was screaming with pain. Even thinking about it makes me want to bust out in tears. I ended up calling our neighbour for help.
Please, does anyone know what we can do?? Even if it's just a thought. Please.