Blake is one of the cat hoarder’s cats. He arrived here on April 10th along with 15 other senior kitties. We were so focused on helping the cats who were visibly sick, and Blake was quite adept in hiding from us. He did go the vet, had a routine check up and was found to not have any teeth but lots of mouth issues. We have cleared up his mouth issues with unprocessed raw honey months ago. He had been living outside in one of the enclosures, but with this severe weather coming down, I have put him in the house with the others. He has adapted well.
Last night, he was on Mike’s lap but he was worrying his ears. Figuring he had ear mites, I grabbed a flashlight and took a look. I am not sure WHAT I am looking at here- but it doesn’t look good, so I am waiting for the vet to open and doing some research beforehand. Both ears look like a mushroom farm inside and at first I thought they were ticks- but we don’t have many ticks around here- plus there are no legs to be seen.
From what I was able to find out- these are either Ceruminous cysts or Apocrine Hidracystoma.. Either way- it doesn’t look like a normal cat ear inside. Poor kitty. It’s odd though, because I remember we treated all the cats for earmites and fleas and worms when they arrived here. I have been using Revolution on them ever since.
Poor Blake! Hopefully whatever it is can be treated.
Can you let me know what you do with raw honey? I have a cat with stomatitus. She is on a low does antibiotic and I have been mixing L-Lysine in her food with good results but she still has issues. Would love to find a natural product that could at least alleviate her symptoms. Thanks!
It’s a bit sticky, but basically, I buy the honey straight from a local beekeeper here in town. You can also get it at good health food stores. It has to be unprocessed. I wet my finger with hot water, stick it in the honey and gently place the honey along the gum line or on the roof of the mouth. The cat does the rest. The honey absorbs through the gums and helps to heal some pretty bad mouth issues You need a hot cloth nearby because some of the cats will let the honey drip on their chest- and the hot cloth stops the stickiness.
That looks terrible. Some sort of fungus? One problem after another for your poor cats. But then, they come from people who often never bothered to care for them, and now that someone does, there are all sorts of discoveries.
How is Blake doing?
It’s a little to early to tell – but he isn’t worrying his ears as much as he was before. I clipped his back nails this morning so he wouldn’t tear his ears.