Hi guys,
My two Bengals have had problems with their ears since we got them. They regularly shake their heads and scratch their ears, sometimes to the point of creating bleeding sores. Sometimes it seems to ease off a little but it always returns.
They were found to have ear mites when they were kittens, but that was treated at the time. They are now almost 2 years old and in that time we've been back to the vets numerous times with the same problem. Each time she checks their ears and says she can't see anything moving in there, although she did say there was quite a lot of wax.
She's given them Frontline drops several times in order to kill off any potential bugs. On top of that we've tried a course of ear drops. We've now been given an ear wash solution which we're supposed to pour into their ears twice a week, give it a good squidge round, then wipe out with a cotton pad.
They absolutely HATE that though and it sends them into a complete panic, so we've resorted to squeezing a little of the solution onto a pad instead and just wiping their ears out. Sometimes they're very mucky and other times it doesn't look too bad. They always seem to like it once you get going - their back feet thumping as you do it, like a dog!
Whatever we do though, they just seem to keep shaking their heads and scratching. I'm well used to the vets not really knowing what they're doing with Bengals (we went through a whole saga with tritrichomonas foetus and trying to get Ronidazole for them, where generally it seemed like I knew a lot more about it that they did!!)
Has anyone else been through this and found any solutions that actually work? They are both indoor cats, so won't have picked up anything from outside.
Many thanks,
Claire
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