Gracie here. Not much doing here except it was “ear week.” Three of us (Morgan is the perfect cat and never has issues) had a build up of ear gunk again. The peep cleaned Sasha’s ear first. Sasha doesn’t fight it and will cooperate if there is a promise of scratchies.
Gus does not like his ears cleaned. If he knows you are thinking about it, he bolts. He can sense deception as if it were a soup bone. It took a couple days until the peep caught him mid-nap. Yikes. He was overdue.
Then the focus was on me. I get black crystals in my ear as the gunk hardens. My inner ear wasn’t too bad but I had a lump as big as a giant pea in there. We are all good now except there is talk about a dose of medicine. (That’s in the ear folks! The worst place to get it!)
Rumor has it that we are getting overnight guests next weekend. We’ve been working hard to put our scent on everything just so the visitors know who lives here. Sasha is revisiting her hidey holes and Morgan is practicing being cute. Gus is just Gus. Visitors can’t disrupt him from his normal routine. He was raised in a multi-cat room in a rescue that had a lot of visitors. Nothing phases him except ear cleanings.
Sasha saving her energy for the invaders!
Our positive thoughts go out for our friends and their critters who had a visit from hurricane Ian.
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 
Sasha looks very comfy up there, but doesn’t her face get creased and fur get matted? I hope “cat week” went great and everyone is acclimated to the visitors (or ready to be).
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Sasha’s hair is soft and fluffy (which is part of why she look chunky) and never mats. I don’t have a matter here.
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We took care of a friend of the family’s Persian cat many years ago. I am allergic to cats, but it’s not a life-threatening allergy and I’ve had shots for years but boy did that Persian shed – we had a lot of hair and our friend said “oh this is one of the times that Princess loses a lot of her hair.”
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Shedding is somewhat seasonal with more in the spring and less in the winter.
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I swear that she would be walking and fur would be flying off her body.
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Sometimes that happens with Gus. His fur is more like a German Shepherd, stiff and straight. In the right light you can see it flee his body!
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Glad the ear cleanings are done for all of you! Hope the visit goes well 🙂
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They are not exactly done. Gracie’s infection came back so I need to give her drops again. Boo!
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Oh no! Poor you and poor Gracie!
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YUCK YUCK…..ear cleanings are the worst and if there’s any doubt, ask Teddy. Has had yeast infections since we adopted him (and in fact her one WHEN we adopted him). You’re right about chronic – and stubborn yeast infections are really tough. Anyway, we’re all resigned (well Teddy may think differently!) to this ear drop process to continue but we remain hopeful that a miracle will happen and yeast infections will be a thing of the past for Ted (AND YOUR CREW TOO!!!!!!!).
Hugs, Pam
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Wish they could come up with a medication that would wipe it out completely or at least take care of it without ear drops.
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Me too but so many people talk about un-ending yeast infections that I’m starting to wonder just how hard the manufacturers are working to resolve the problem with something that WILL take care of it. I have lost track how much $$ we’ve spent on my big boy’s ears so far! 🙂
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I think yeast is a fungal infection and starts in the right environment — wet and warm. It’s like growing mushrooms in there.
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Thank you for the reminder- a lot of my cats need their ears cleaned.
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That won’t make your cats happy!
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The ears here are no problem but teeth are another story.
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Gracie needs a dental. At her last exam, the vet thought a tooth may be cracked. Dentals have become very expensive here.
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Health care for cats is as expensive as care for humans. Dental is more so.
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Yes it is. Especially since they have added x-rays to the procedure.
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I’m sorry to hear about all of the ear trauma…and now visitors.
How can I cat ever get any well-deserved peace?! 😀
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Gracie: You know it! Life is tough around here. Beware of peeps bearing Q-tips.
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Norman and Elsa send their sympathies on the cleanings. That’s one of those off limit kinds of treatments that they really are not fans for being subjected to! Are your ear issues a result of yeast problems?
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Yes, all yeasty. Although they called Gracie’s an infection, it smelled like yeast (and not the fresh bread baking kind of yeast!).
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Those are tough to cure. I have to swab Norman’s ears periodically with a premium lavender essential oil to keep his issues under control. As dry as it is here, the whole yeast thing has baffled. I’m guessing it’s some sort of allergy. 😕
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I’ve never had 3 cats with it at the same time! Usually it’s just one. For all three it’s only one ear.
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That’s a whole lotta medicating!
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and a lot of grumpy cats! Oh yes, and grumpy peep!
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Those are tough to cure. I have to swab Norman’s ears periodically with a premium lavender essential oil to keep him from scratching the dickens out of them. As dry as it is here, the whole yeast thing is rather baffling. I’m guessing he must have some sort of allergy to something. 😕
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Ear week, ha! Sophie gets buildup here and she hates ear cleanings. It’s definitely a two person job.
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The hubby does not like to participate in any cat cleanings so I have to go it alone. I’m getting good at it. Surprisingly 8 lbs. Gracie is the toughest.
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I love your view of things, Gracie.
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It is the right view!
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Of course!
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I love Sasha’s sleeping position. I hope she doesn’t turn over and tumble.
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I don’t know how she does it but she is always a “half in-half out” cat when it comes to cat beds.
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Sasha looks adorable snoozing her day away. What an inspiration
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That cat can sleep! Anywhere, anyhow and any position.
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Love the picture of Sasha hanging off the cat tree – that’s hysterical!
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She’s a chonker and her sleeping positions are hysterical. All of them. Fitting inside a not quite big enough box? No problem. She makes it fit! Gotta love that cat!
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Indeed, gotta love Sasha. She demands it, and deserves it too.
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ear week is the hardcore version of hell week… we can sing that ear worm songs too… sigh… we don’t ear-n that….
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The ears are supposed to get cleaned every week because they are susceptible but you know how that goes. Every two weeks is about the best the peep can do.
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I’ve never had a cat with ear issues! (Plenty of dogs with them, though.)
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They are the pits. In my humble experience, ear issues are chronic and never really go away. It has to do with the shape and whether it gets too humid in there. No one has ear mites. It’s always yeast.
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