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What happens as a cat gets old?
A cat's lifespan is generally 12 to 20 years, and in old age it typically shows increased sleep, reduced appetite, slowed reactions, stiff joints, and dull coat. Senior cats are prone to eye diseases like cataracts and glaucoma, hearing loss, and chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and fatty liver.
My cat’s ears have lots of crust and dirty black material
Heavy ear discharge and crusts likely mean ear mites; get an ear exam at the clinic. Mites cause itching and dark wax, and untreated can lead to otitis and hearing loss, so clean, apply mite medicine, deworm monthly, and use a collar.
How much longer will a dog live after it gets white hair?
White hair alone cannot predict remaining life; most dogs start greying at 7-8 years as melanin drops. After 7 they enter old age with lethargy and hearing loss.
What if a cat’s otitis becomes severe?
Severe otitis causes inner ear infection, hearing loss, dullness, poor appetite, irritability. It may affect facial nerves - drooling, lip paralysis, ataxia. If it reaches the meninges, encephalitis and death. Treat promptly with a collar.
What Happens If a Dog Gets Ear Mites?
Ear mites cause frequent scratching and head shaking, ear hair loss, and aural hematomas, with dark smelly discharge. Untreated they may cause middle-ear infection and hearing loss.
What Happens If a Dog’s Ear Mites Are Left Untreated?
Untreated ear mites can cause middle or inner ear infection and hematomas, even hearing loss. They are contagious to other pets.
What happens if a cat gets ear mites?
Ear mites cause itching and odor with dark brown waxy or crusty discharge; untreated they cause otitis with redness, discharge, erosion, and hearing loss. Frequent scratching and head shaking lead to ear hematomas and hair loss; treat promptly with an Elizabethan collar.
Is the Shandong Lion Cat Easy to Keep?
The Shandong Lion Cat (Linqing) is a native Chinese breed with long fur and often odd-colored eyes. It's quiet, affectionate, and easygoing but sheds heavily and needs daily brushing plus hairball paste; odd-eyed white cats often have hearing loss on the blue side. Hardy, long-lived (12–15 years), and a great mouser, it suits experienced owners with a calm, roomy home.
Best Parasite Treatments for Cat Ear Mites
Cat ear mites are a common parasite that causes intense itching and dark, waxy debris; left untreated they can lead to secondary bacterial infection, otitis media or interna, and hearing loss, while constant head-shaking and scratching risk ear hematomas. The key treatment is a parasiticide—but not every product kills ear mites, so checking the label’s spectrum matters. In general, spot-ons containing imidacloprid-moxidectin or selamectin work well at home, also covering scabies, demodex, fleas, lice, roundworms, hookworms, and preventing heartworm, with a gentle, stable profile. A typical plan is one dose every 21–28 days for three rounds to stop recurrence. Early on, a cleaner or miticide with compound nystatin helps soothe and disinfect the ear.
The Secret Behind Cats With Two Different Eye Colors
Odd-eyed cats - sometimes called "strange eyes" - have two differently colored irises and usually turn up in white cats; among purebreds, matching eye color is the norm, so odd eyes are typically from mixing. The condition, heterochromia iridis, is not a disease. Japan once called gold-and-blue eyed cats a symbol of luck, and Thailand's native Siamese region named the look "diamond eyes." The cause is the dominant white (W) gene, which suppresses pigment cells; without them the iris looks blue, and the same missing cells also fail to form the ear's sound sensors, which is why many white blue-eyed cats have hearing loss. About 60-80 percent of white blue-eyed cats have some deafness, and a blue-eyed side in an odd-eyed cat carries a 30-40 percent chance of deafness on that ear.