A. What is the black-brown dirt in a cat's ear?

Black dirt in a cat's ear is usually a symptom of ear mite infection, ear mites are one of the common ear canal diseases in cats, which can lead to itching, inflammation, reddening of the skin, allergic reactions, etc. Black-brown or reddish-brown waxy secretions or scaly scabs can be found in the cat's external ear canal, and the dark-colored secretions are the excretions of the mange mite and the cat's earwax Mixture. When cats are infected with ear mites, they usually also scratch their ears and toss their heads frequently.

2. How to treat ear mites in cats?

1, because cat ear mites are highly contagious, multi-cat families need to isolate sick cats in a timely manner to avoid the spread of a cat's ear mites to more cats, and timely treatment of ear mites usually takes only 1-2 weeks to heal.

2, the shoveling officer needs to timely use of ear cleaning solution, ear mite medicine and deworming medicine treatment, recommended the use of Puente's ear plus points ear care solution and Shu Erle lactic acid isacridine solution as well as avermectin transdermal solution (deworming).

3, during the treatment period, pay attention to the cat to wear an Elizabeth ring, to avoid frequent scratching of the cat's ears, otherwise it may aggravate the infection of the external ear canal causing severe otitis, and may cause the cat's ear hematoma and other problems.

4, the cat ear mites will fall with the ear wax and hair, dander and other parts of the environment, in order to avoid other cats infected with ear mites, or the affected cats in the treatment of repeated infections during the treatment period, slowing down the progress of the treatment, shoveling officers need to do a good job of environmental cleaning and disinfection of the cat's nest to sleep and often stay in the place, especially sofas, carpets and other woolen parts of the need to focus on cleaning and disinfection.

The above is the cause and solution of the black-brown dirt in the cat's ears, more related content, you can view the "cat ear mites symptoms, treatment and prevention" to further understand, if there are other questions, you can always consult the online veterinarian.