How do you clean a cat's ears out? What do you use?
2006-07-22 09:55:33 · 21 answers · asked by Ben H 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Q-tips and some mineral oil or ear cleaner.
Dip the Q-tips in the oil and clean out the cats ears. The ear canal forms a 90 degree angle, so you can stick the Q-tip in pretty far to get the ****.
2006-07-22 09:58:26 · answer #1 · answered by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be very careful. First, I would suggest a trip to the vet and have him show you how. Also, if you see small coffee ground stuff in the kitty's ears, you should definitely take him to the vet because he might have ear mites and once they take hold, it is very difficult to correct the problem. A swab dipped in Mineral oil or a solution you can buy at a pet store can be used very gently around the ear but be very, very careful not to go in deep. Just a moist cotton ball will also do the trick. Your local pet store can give you some literture or advise on keeping the cat's ears clean.
2006-07-22 18:08:34 · answer #2 · answered by krmdnn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the special ear cleaning stuuf for cats from your vet or a pet store then but some of it on a cotton ball and then gently wipe out the inside of the ear
2006-07-22 16:58:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jemma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use q-tips and rubbing alcohol or mineral oil depending upon what kind of dirty they are. If it is ear mites then I would use both and get the medicine from the vet. Ear mites makes the cats ears smell really bad and mineral oil is a temporary fix.
2006-07-22 17:00:02 · answer #4 · answered by Knock Knock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband cleans our cats ears by taking his knuckle and rubs it around in their ears. They must like it because they lick the wax that gets on his knuckle and want him to do it more! We do get the cats' ears cleaned whenever something happens that might have us take them to the vet also.
2006-07-23 19:29:39 · answer #5 · answered by Sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The safest thing is mineral oil and q-tip, to clean out earmites, for example. Don't go too far in there - just the folds. Good luck holding the cat down!
2006-07-22 17:49:57 · answer #6 · answered by Lydia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The common q-tip works great. If your cat has ear mites though you will need to get ear drops for them.
2006-07-22 17:02:31 · answer #7 · answered by Erica O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plain bottled water and cotton ball. Kitty's skin is VERY sensitive, so be extra gentle. Never use detergents or alcohol or peroxide,etc. You cat will thank you and even look forward to these grooming sessions.
2006-07-22 17:03:06 · answer #8 · answered by Otter's Waters 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mineral oil and cotton balls. They don't like it, but if you're gentle it should be fine. And they will look funny until they clean it up but the oil doesn't hurt them.
2006-07-22 16:59:39 · answer #9 · answered by chante 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.upco.com/cgi-bin/Upcol.storefront/44c39579006d48e8ea6dc0a80aa50774/Search/Run
look at this site..they have earwash..
also i used mineral oil & q-tips plus another time i used
mineral oil and q-tips...worked great!
plus if the ears look very dirty could be ear mites this place has meds for that too
2006-07-23 12:42:47 · answer #10 · answered by Linnie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋