Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: summerleft on April 07, 2009, 17:02:23 PM
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One of the cats has suddenly developed a lop sided head which comes after a small sneeze, her ear is obvously sore when touched, but other wise fine and happens a few times a day not all the time
could it be an inner ear problem?
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Might be an ear infection or might have something inside her ear hun I would get her to the vets to be checked out.
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Cant get till thursday, hence me asking in the meantime
i thought it might be something in it, but its the sneezing im unsure about
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Cats will sneeze to clear dust, etc from their nose just like us.
Does she have a runny nose at all? Are her eyes watering at all?
Does she keep pawing at her ears?
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With an inner ear infection a sneeze may be enough to cause pain or even make the ear drum pop. If you concerned about the sneezing then I assume that the little one is sneezing a lot? Any other symptoms such as off food, hiding away, quieter than usual, discharge from eyes or nose?
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Ear infections are really serious and vet help is needed to clear this. Ctas can be in a lot of pain
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It could also be ear mites with those symptoms. :sneaky:
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how is she today? other suggestion is maybe she has a cold if she is sneezing too which is affecting her ears because ear/nose/throat are all connected, hope you get her sorted xx
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Well I got some otodex ear drops as I couldnt get a vets appointment till tomorrow as stated. Put those in and today shes much much better
Not doing the funny head thing and I can touch the base of her ear and its no where near as painful.
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That's good :) will you still take her to the vets though?
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Yes definately still take her to the vets still hun, let us know how it goes x
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A word of warning: any ear problem should be checked by a vet before giving any drops as it can cause great problems if theres a real issue within the ear, ouch.
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Shes fine now thanks, didnt go to the vets in the end, it cleared up in two days, my vet is happy with using over the counter drops but obviously if it persisted he said to come in