There is a big difference between a cat's dirty ears and ear mites. When a cat's ears are dirty, the earwax is normally yellow, but when a cat develops ear mites, the earwax turns dark brown. After a cat develops ear mites, its ears will still smell a little bit stinky. The cat will scratch its ears constantly because the ear mites cause itchiness. It is easy to determine whether your cat has ear mites through the above symptoms. When a cat suffers from ear mites, timely measures should be taken to deal with it, otherwise the ear mites may be transmitted to other cats!

1: Isolate the cat first

The first thing to do after confirming that a cat has ear mites is to isolate it, because the ear mites in cats are contagious when in close contact, and the ear mite secretions will fall off when the cat walks around, and there will be symptoms after contact with the secretions. May be infected. Therefore, when there are many pets at home, cats should be isolated in cages. Afterwards, you need to clean your home and soak the cat’s litter box and some toys with household disinfectant water for disinfection. After cleaning, it must be dried in the sun before it can be used on cats.

2: Clean the cat’s ears

After a cat develops ear mites, the earwax in the ears will turn dark brown and produce a lot of secretions. When treating ear mites in cats, you should clean up all these secretions and destroy the living environment of ear mites, so that the ear mites will gradually disappear. It is recommended to use a cotton ball dipped in some ear oil to apply the secretions first. The secretions will be easier to wipe after softening, so that it will not easily break the ear canal. After cleaning the ears, just instill some Meowth ear cleaning solution into the cat. If you keep caring for it, the ear mites will get better.

3: Pay attention to later observation and care

Because ear mites are a parasitic problem that is prone to recurring, so the treatment of cat ear mites requires continued care and observation for a period of time. It cannot be solved by cleaning it once. In the later stage, the main thing is to look at the color of the cat's earwax. If it is still black, then you need to continue cleaning the cat's ear canal. Ear mites in cats are mostly caused by not cleaning the cat's ears regularly. The poop remover should develop the habit of cleaning the cat's ears, and do not ignore the earwax piles.