My cat keeps on folding his ears? Anyone know a reason.?

Question

To start this off, my cat is by no means a Scottish Fold, and he is not a kitten. He is currently on steroids, but he has been on them for a long time and he only started doing it a few weeks ago.

Any suggestions?

He is folding his ears forward, so they sort of droop.

Answer 1

is he folding them back on to the head with the tips are pointing towards his back? Then hes being afraid, or annoyed depending on his stance. If they are kinda flopping to the side, or holding one or both ******** then he may have some parasites or mites in them and they are uncomfortable. If they are folding over onto themselves LIKE a Scottish Fold then you might have some ear folding genes in the cat, that its just now coming out in the cat. There are also cats called American Curls where the ear actually curls outward with the tips reaching the skull. These were found amoung alot of regular barn cats and someone took these cats and started breeding them to make them into there very own breed, Maybe you have a distant ancestor to one of these... who knows... tell us how the ear lays on the cat. Then maybe we can help better.
ADDITIONAL INFO: since they are drooping forward I would think Earmites, and or infection... sound like you need to get a trip to the vet and have them looked at.

Answer 2

usually cats put their ears down/back when they are annoyed or scared of something. Try examining what is different in his/her behavior (not going into certain rooms unlike it used to, not eating the same food, not playing with the same toys) and try taking things out of the house (or at least into a room it doesn't go into) and then examine her behavior again. Don't put anything back. Then one day it might go back into the room or do its normal behavior. Now I understand it is kind of hard to move furniture so try and think if you might have sprayed it with any offensive odors such as Febreeze (it can be hard on cats noses) or if you have had any other animal on the furniture. If not than possibly go see a vet.

Answer 3

That is very strange, The only things I can think of are issues with the ears itself: wax build-up? earmites (but then he'd be scrathcing); ear infection? or Ototoxic drugs (medications that have an adverse effect on the ear). Have you looked into his ears? Tried to clean them gently with ear swabs or moist hand towel? At any rate, if the problem persists, you should consult a veterinarian.

Answer 4

maybe a ear infection

Answer 5

There might be something hes afriad of that you dont know

Answer 6

i.d.k i have never seen a cat do that