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Hi there,
I have two kitties, a brother and a sister both 1 year old. They are otherwise healthy, indoor-only cats with no other behavioral issues. Recently, I've noticed that the girl cat will clean her brother's ears, nose, and face when they lay down to sleep together (an otherwise nice perk of having two cats!). However, she goes a little overboard with his ears and chews on the skin in front of his ear near his temple (between the ear opening and his eyes) where he doesn't have as much fur to protect the skin. He has a few little sores on each side now because of this that scab over. She licks off the scabs and re-opens the sores every time she does it. It's really aggravating because I don't want him to get an infection in these sores and I don't want them to grow. They seem to not get a chance to heal because she does it so frequently! I stop her when I see it but I can't be home 24/7 to make sure she's not chewing on him. It's so strange because she doesn't over-groom herself of any other part of him, just his ears. I've heard of people using bitter apple spray on areas that they don't want their cat grooming, but I'm unsure if this would be safe to put on wounds? Any advice would be helpful!! I can't find anything advice on the internet about this issue.
I have two kitties, a brother and a sister both 1 year old. They are otherwise healthy, indoor-only cats with no other behavioral issues. Recently, I've noticed that the girl cat will clean her brother's ears, nose, and face when they lay down to sleep together (an otherwise nice perk of having two cats!). However, she goes a little overboard with his ears and chews on the skin in front of his ear near his temple (between the ear opening and his eyes) where he doesn't have as much fur to protect the skin. He has a few little sores on each side now because of this that scab over. She licks off the scabs and re-opens the sores every time she does it. It's really aggravating because I don't want him to get an infection in these sores and I don't want them to grow. They seem to not get a chance to heal because she does it so frequently! I stop her when I see it but I can't be home 24/7 to make sure she's not chewing on him. It's so strange because she doesn't over-groom herself of any other part of him, just his ears. I've heard of people using bitter apple spray on areas that they don't want their cat grooming, but I'm unsure if this would be safe to put on wounds? Any advice would be helpful!! I can't find anything advice on the internet about this issue.