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Mae (Elmo, Utah) on 12/30/2008
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Thanks for the advice on checking for ear mite eggs around the fur around a cat's ears. My cat Taya has been diagnosed with ear mites and I've been treating her with mineral oil and I noticed that she had an infestation of eggs around the base of her ear. To say the least she got an impromptu bath and a radical assault of mineral oil squeezed into her ears with a bulbous syringe. No she wasn't happy about the impromtu bath or 'mom's' sudden zealous assault on her ears but she's feeling better and is sleeping peacefully on 'mom's'pillow. I'm also going to be instituting the ear mite med I got from walmart. Can anyone plz tell me if the adult mites die after laying eggs or do they continue living with their offspring making kitty's ears a living nightmare for some owners?
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Replied By Rosy (Orlando, Fl) on 12/31/2008

Mineral Oil kills all mites in cats ears, so you shouldn't have to use the mite meds from Wallmart. Just add a small dropper full of oil in ears everyday until mites are gone.
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Replied By Sylk (Cincinnati, Ohio) on 02/29/2012

Just wanted to comment: Be careful when treating your cat's ears. One of mine developed an aural hematoma, requiring draining and stitching. This may have been caused by rough handling of the ear, or too much scratching and shaking on his part. Gentle treatment only, please.
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Replied By Robin (Clovis, California) on 01/27/2016

The hematomas happen from shaking their heads, I've had two dogs who had to have surgery for this problem.
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Replied By Pepperpot (Louisiana ) on 06/06/2025

What are the signs/symptoms of aural hematoma from this? I'm treating my cats mites and she does shake a bit sometimes. She did it for a good while before I realized she had something deeper that I couldn't see. I put castor oil and black started coming out. Now I clean the debris, but it just keeps coming out. She still shakes, but not nearly like before. I'm still working on getting the last bit out . First it was larger black pieces and now it's tiny bits of black. Though her ears looked clear before they were not. It was all deep in the canal.