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I just noticed my 11 year old cat has multiple black growths in various locations inside both her ears. She has a vet visit this month anyway for vaccines and ear cleaning because I suspect her ear mites have not gone away she is always shaking her head and scratching her ears and clear fluid comes out of them. Now I've noticed these growths and I'm double worried because of her age. At first I thought they were engorged ticks they are black, raised, smooth, and somewhat shiny in appearance. I gently felt one but it's not hard like a tick and there are many of them per ear and there are no visible legs like a tick would have. My cat now is scratching her ears so bad she has sores outside and she hasn't been herself for months, these growths were not there at all last year so that's why I'm shocked to see them.
What could they be, I want to know if the vets need to surgically remove them and for her ears do they need to put her under anesthesia to really get a good cleaning because the q tip method and ear cleaner just don't work good anymore. Now I'm thinking these could be growing in her ear canal further causing issues and threat of going deaf!
What could they be, I want to know if the vets need to surgically remove them and for her ears do they need to put her under anesthesia to really get a good cleaning because the q tip method and ear cleaner just don't work good anymore. Now I'm thinking these could be growing in her ear canal further causing issues and threat of going deaf!