What's causing my indoor cat's ear issues? Mites or infection?

Ear infections in cats can also be caused by yeast or bacteria, and are more common causes of ear infections in adult cats. Ear mites are more common in kittens. In order to treat Belle properly, she does have to see a vet, and vets will see pets for sickness. This counts, as leaving it untreated can lead to hearing loss. Give her vet a call to make her an appointment.

It could be Simba has a yeast or bacterial ear infection. Those tend to happen more than ear mites in adult cats. Kittens are more likely to get ear mites. You do need to have him seen by a vet. The vet can diagnose if he does have an ear infection and can treat him. It's important to get him seen promptly as leaving it untreated can lead to hearing loss. I hope this helps!

Ear mites is possible but in an indoor only kitty it is less likely and the more likely cause would be a bacterial or yeast infection of the ear, or a foreign body stuck in the ear. I would recommend a vet visit. The vet can look in the ear with an otoscope and can take a swab from the ear to check under the microscope for mites, bacteria or yeast and prescribe medications to treat this.

It could be either ear mites, bacterial infection, yeast infection or a foreign body in the ear canal. you will need to take Tigger to the vet in order to get it treated, usually a course of prescription ear drops will solve the problem within a few days.

Poor Snowie! She could have a respiratory infection causing the sore nose or may have injured it, the eye could be due to an injury or eye infection, and the ear infection could be caused by ear mites, yeast, or bacteria. It sounds like she has a lot going on at the moment, and she needs to see a vet now. Please take her into one immediately.

I couldn't tell you just by looking at the ear externally, a sample needs to be taken from the ear and the vet needs to look at this sample under the microscope, only this way the vet can know for sure if it is an ear mite infestation, yeast infection or bacterial infection and then treat the infection accordingly.

I would recommend a veterinary exam for Luna if you suspect something is wrong with her ear. Cats can develop your infections from yeast or bacteria, can have ear mites, can develop cancer of the ear or grow benign polyps within the ear that may pre-dispose to infection as well. Without an exam there's no way to know what may be wrong with her ear or how to treat it. Ear mites, yeast, bacteria can only be diagnosed via cytology by looking at discharge from the ear under a microscope. Ear mites cannot be completely discounted on gross physical exam as they are microscopic. Good luck and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.