Over the past month, my cat has developed scabs in both ears. In her left ear, the l-shaped bit of cartilage has a bulbous, dark scab growing off the side of it, with more scabs on the side. In the right ear, she has a patch of scabs at the top of the ear canal, and a little on the l-shaped bit of cartilage. They are definitely scabs, as I have gently tugged on one that looked loose and it came off. Beneath the scab, it looks like you've pulled a scab off a mostly-healed wound. There is a tiny spot of blood, the surface is pinkish, but there is no open wound. These are crusty scabs, too, like the kind that have texture and that stick up off the skin. I would never do this, but I feel as if I could take a pair of tweezers and pull them all off to reveal clear skin underneath.
I took her to the vet, and he said that it looked really unusual (as in he hadn't seen anything like it before) but he wasn't super concerned. He swabbed them, said he saw tons of bacteria, so he gave her an antibiotic shot and some eardrops. It has been 5 days since the visit, and I don't think there is any improvement at all. He was going to check in after 10 days to see if there was any improvement.
The rest of her ears are completely clear--no redness, etc. She really doesn't even mess with her ears at all--as if they aren't even itchy and don't both her.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? She has recently had whole-body scratching, as well, and even had miliary dermatitis on her lower back for about a week before it went away, but she hasn't been scratching in the past week. She is an indoor-only cat and does not have any parasites.
Thanks!
I took her to the vet, and he said that it looked really unusual (as in he hadn't seen anything like it before) but he wasn't super concerned. He swabbed them, said he saw tons of bacteria, so he gave her an antibiotic shot and some eardrops. It has been 5 days since the visit, and I don't think there is any improvement at all. He was going to check in after 10 days to see if there was any improvement.
The rest of her ears are completely clear--no redness, etc. She really doesn't even mess with her ears at all--as if they aren't even itchy and don't both her.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? She has recently had whole-body scratching, as well, and even had miliary dermatitis on her lower back for about a week before it went away, but she hasn't been scratching in the past week. She is an indoor-only cat and does not have any parasites.
Thanks!