I have two senior cats around 14 (Smokey) and 15 (Miss Kitty) Back in August we noticed they were shaking their heads and keeping their ears down. We took them to the vet and were confirmed to have ear infections and prescribed meds for a week. The vet didn't even tell us they had to come back for a recheck, she didn't even come back into the room to tell us about their condition. Miss Kitty's infection went away but Smokey, who has renal failure, had this light reddish brown ear gunk a few days after the7 day treatment so we took her back. We requested a different vet to look at her this time but she wouldn't let him check her ears. So he told us to put the same ear meds in for another week then come back 3 days after. She still wouldn't let him look in her ears so she had to be sedated. He cleaned what he could but said he couldn't get all the inflammation out and that both of her eardrums are ruptured, and he can't see the cause. It also seemed by the things he said that we should just euthanize her. She's had 2 shots of convenia and the Bnt salve in her ears. Before the cleaning she had a head tilt and couldnt walk, after she seemed to be getting better walking normal no more head tilt or shaking. A week after her cleaning and Bnt the gunk came back out of her ears. We called the vet and told him our problem and he was going to see her again, then all of a sudden he calls back cancels the appointment and wants us to go see a surgeon for a bulla osteotomy saying that him taking care of her again is a waste of our money. So Im wondering if anybody had a cat this old with this problem and what I can do since Ive read that its a harsh surgery. Shes got a slight head tilt again, the ear gunk and cant walk straight.