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My cat’s left eye keeps watering and I saw black stuff in the ear – not sure if it’s ear mites
Ear mites show as frequent scratching and reddish-brown, foul discharge; confirm with a scraping exam. Clean the ears and use mite-specific medicine if diagnosed.
Outdoor Cat Has Ringworm and Ear Mites; What Medicine and How to Switch Food?
Ringworm needs antifungals (itraconazole, clotrimazole, sulfur ointments; terbinafine spray; severe needs oral/lime sulfur baths); ear mites need ear drops. Boost nutrition and switch food gradually to high quality.
How effective is Erkang for cat ear mites?
Erkang is a common, effective antifungal and antiparasitic drug for ear mites, which cause itch and inflammation in the ear canal. Pair it with Frontline or Revolution, and use an E-collar during treatment.
I noticed several times that after using florfenicol-metronidazole ear drops for my cat’s ear mites, it gets diarrhea. Can that happen?
That ear drop is a general antibacterial; use mite-specific medicine instead. Diarrhea after it may be wrong drug or allergy—stop it and switch. If diarrhea continues after switching, the gut may be the issue; see a vet.
Small bald patch, ear mites, eye swollen with discharge
FIP has wet and dry forms; wet shows breathing trouble, thinness, big belly, and in males swollen scrotum; dry shows fever, thinness, cloudy eyes, abdominal granulation. Your cat's hair loss and eye discharge do not fit FIP, so it likely does not have it. The signs more suggest fungal infection or feline rhinotracheitis; see a vet.
Are the Black Specks from Cleaning Ear Mites Really Ear Mites?
Typical ear mites cause heavy brown/black discharge, itching and a strong odor with head shaking. From your description it is likely ear mites; use a cat-specific ear drop and mite medication, keep a collar on, and clean the environment to prevent reinfection.
Is my cat’s ear condition ear mites or Malassezia? After cleaning, large black discharge returns the next day.
Black waxy discharge returning next day strongly suggests ear mites causing itch, scratching, and head shaking; untreated it becomes otitis externa with hair loss and sores. Confirm with otoscopy; clean and treat 3-4 weeks, twice daily, monthly prevention, Elizabethan collar.
My rabbit is a female, almost one year old. In this small town I don’t know how it got something like dandruff on its ears; the area around the ears is hard and it scratched it open, with dandruff around the breaks, both ears like this. I don’t know if it’s ear mites or ringworm.
Rabbits scratch ears from earwax, itch, or ear mite infection, especially if ears are not cleaned. Poor cage hygiene also triggers scratching. Ear mites show brown discharge and strong itch with head shaking. Confirm the cause and treat.
My cat has earwax in its ear canal—is it ear mites?
Large black earwax usually means ear mites; if it's dirty again the next day after cleaning, treat as mites. Mites cause itching, scratching and head shaking, so use an Elizabethan collar. Clean with a special ear cleaner (never cotton swabs in the canal), then apply ear medication; treatment takes 3-4 weeks plus a week after symptoms fade, and regular external parasite control.
My cat scratched its ears raw; inside is smelly, dirty and has pus—ear mites or something else?
Pus, tissue growth and odor with scratching suggest secondary bacterial ear infection, often from mixed bacteria, fungi and ear mites. Clean twice daily with an ear cleaner (not cotton swabs), then apply antibacterial drops like Posatex or Epi-Otic, with a loose collar. If it persists, see a vet to avoid inner-ear damage.