My cat has itchy ears, and there looks like a lot of black wax down them. What do I do?
It may be that your cat has an ear infection, possibly following on from ear mites. First of all, don't try to clean your cat's ears yourself.
You can burst the eardrums if you try to clean with cotton buds and this may cause the wax to be compressed in the lower part of your cat’s ear. You ought to take your cat along to the vet's, and they will be able to show you how to clean out your cat's ears, and will prescribe some medicine for you to use. If it is the first visit to the vet's, they will also probably do a quick health check as well as organising the important health care programme such as vaccinations, neutering advice, parasite control, dietary advice and dental care.
You may have to use these eardrops for as long as three weeks, but you do have to persist with them. If you stop the treatment too soon, the mites can reoccur and everyone is back to square one! This is a fairly common problem, but it can be treated if spotted early enough.
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