Hi everyone,
How often do you clean you kitties' ears & what do you use to do it? There are a lot of great "how to clean ears" sites, so I'm more looking to take an informal poll for frequency of cleaning and ear cleaning products...
My specific situation -- I've always cleaned Boo's ears every 2 weeks because that's what was on the generic shelter info sheet I got when I adopted. Or at least I THOUGHT I was cleaning them -- I used to use the premoistened pads, but recently changed to petco earcleaner drops + makeup rounds just because they were out of the premoistened pads. I was SHOCKED have how much gunk came out using the drops compared to the pads. The drops goes into the ear canal and loosens wax, which comes to the outer ear when she shakes her head, so I sweep the gunk out from there. She doesn't have a problem with mites or infections, so I guess the gunk wasn't bothering her before. Now that I realize my previous premoistened pad cleanings were just "cosmetic," should I really be "degunking" her every two weeks, or is that too much?
THANKS SO MUCH!
How often do you clean you kitties' ears & what do you use to do it? There are a lot of great "how to clean ears" sites, so I'm more looking to take an informal poll for frequency of cleaning and ear cleaning products...
My specific situation -- I've always cleaned Boo's ears every 2 weeks because that's what was on the generic shelter info sheet I got when I adopted. Or at least I THOUGHT I was cleaning them -- I used to use the premoistened pads, but recently changed to petco earcleaner drops + makeup rounds just because they were out of the premoistened pads. I was SHOCKED have how much gunk came out using the drops compared to the pads. The drops goes into the ear canal and loosens wax, which comes to the outer ear when she shakes her head, so I sweep the gunk out from there. She doesn't have a problem with mites or infections, so I guess the gunk wasn't bothering her before. Now that I realize my previous premoistened pad cleanings were just "cosmetic," should I really be "degunking" her every two weeks, or is that too much?
THANKS SO MUCH!