So my 9 year old male cat, Luigi, has the oddest thing going on. His right ear is meticulously clean and his left ear is dirty and bothering him. It doesn't smell funny at all, but he shakes his head a good deal. Ever heard of that?
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Re: Ear trouble
Sun, February 3, 2008 - 6:24 PMHe probably has ear mites. That's why he's shaking his head and the ear is dirty. Although I would think if Luigi had ear mites in one ear, they would be in the other too.
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Re: Ear trouble
Tue, February 5, 2008 - 10:03 AMI would go to the vet and get it tested for ear mites. Even if it is not ear mites they need to give you the ear drops to put in which will be once a day for 2 weeks. And they will recommend cleaning the ear with an ear wash. This is what they did for my mom's cat when I brought him in. -
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Re: Ear trouble
Wed, February 6, 2008 - 3:34 PMI agree with the previous posts - get him checked for Ear Mites. Hope he's better soon. -
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Re: Ear trouble
Mon, February 11, 2008 - 11:05 AMyou can get the ear mite stuff over the counter at many places - pet stores, catalogs online, etc. Depending on the ingredient, how often you apply it can vary so do read the directions! Some of them do seem to burn or irritate the ears. Cleaning the ears out first is the best way to go, before you put the medicine in -- cotton balls moistened with some vegetable oil is a good way, and you can very delicately (if your cat is completely cooperative) use Q-tips in the crevices. The physical bugs and their debris have to be gotten out of there one way or another. Some ear mites do smell, after awhile, but usually they don't. Cats tend to get these when they're kittens and very young and develop some resistance to them as they get older. During her last illness my Mopples came down with terrible ear mites (no resistance) and I spent a ton of $ to get the stuff at the vet and then felt so stupid when I saw the exact same stuff at the hardware store for $7.50! -
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Re: Ear trouble
Mon, February 11, 2008 - 4:02 PMAre you talking about DMSO? From Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime...sulfoxide. If so, please explain how you used it.
Safety
MSDS recommends wearing safety glasses because DMSO can cause chronic damage to the eyes.[6] Glove selection is also important when working with DMSO. Thick rubber gloves are recommended. Nitrile gloves, which are very commonly used in chemical laboratories, have been found to dissolve rapidly with exposure to DMSO.[7] Because DMSO easily penetrates the skin, substances dissolved in DMSO may be quickly absorbed. For instance, a solution of sodium cyanide in DMSO can cause cyanide poisoning through skin contact. DMSO by itself has low toxicity.[8] Dimethyl sulfoxide can produce an explosive reaction when exposed to acid chlorides; at a low temperature, this reaction produces the oxidant for Swern oxidation.
Recently, it was found that DMSO waste disposal into sewers can cause environmental odor problems in cities: Waste water bacteria transform DMSO under hypoxic (anoxic) conditions into dimethyl sulfide (DMS) that is slightly toxic and has a strong disagreeable odor, similar to rotten cabbage.[9] -
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Re: Ear trouble
Wed, February 13, 2008 - 4:31 PMno, definitely not DMSO!! I've never seen that in any remedy of any kind for a cat. active ingredient in these is either pyrethrins or permethrins, whichever one is NOT the bad one - I have the stuff at home so can't check
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