Replied by Deirdre (Atlanta, GA) on 11/18/2008
We rescued an abandoned dog last year who also had dark brown patches of "gunk" in his ears. 2 months later it turned into a serious ear infection (lots of scratching and shaking of the head) and I rushed him to the vet. When the goo was put under a microscope at the vet, turns out there were 3 different bacterial strains that had to be treated with custom-prepared, multi-type antibiotic liquid! It went away after 10 days of treatment and he hasn't had a recurrence.Replied by G (SF, CA) on 11/27/2008
Deidre... What was the "custom-prepared, multi-type antibiotic liquid" made of?Replied by Deirdre (Atlanta, GA) on 11/30/2008
Hi, G. Sorry, I was just looking to see if I had kept the bottle from the vets and unfortunately, I think I threw it out a few months ago. However, I don't think posting the contents would have helped much. A vet needs to take a swab from the ears of the cat and find out the type of infection.
