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odd smell from cat's ears
I've always noticed that my cat's ears smell a little strange. It's not
necessarily a bad strange, but they sort of smell like cookie dough to me. Is this unusual or do most cats have cookie dough or odd-smelling ears? The rest of her face and body smell pretty normal, as far as cats go. Her breath smells a bit fishy but I'm pretty sure that is normal. She doesn't have ear mites, as far as I know, and the insides of her ears look pretty clean. Any ideas as to why the cookie dough smell? I swear I'm not trolling--her ears really do smell like cookie dough! rona -- ***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** |
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"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote in message ... I've always noticed that my cat's ears smell a little strange. It's not necessarily a bad strange, but they sort of smell like cookie dough to me. Is this unusual or do most cats have cookie dough or odd-smelling ears? The rest of her face and body smell pretty normal, as far as cats go. Her breath smells a bit fishy but I'm pretty sure that is normal. She doesn't have ear mites, as far as I know, and the insides of her ears look pretty clean. Any ideas as to why the cookie dough smell? I swear I'm not trolling--her ears really do smell like cookie dough! rona -- ***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** Off course, I'm going to return to the old standard (but correct) statement that you need to call a vet. However, my *guess* would be either ear mites (even though you can't detect them yourself) or possibly a yeast infection. I would be particularly suspicious of the yeast infection because of the type of odor you described. Only your vet can make the proper diagnosis and prescribe treatment. MaryL |
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I would advise an ear cleaning before calling a vet. If they still smell bad
after that, then call a vet. -- Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... "Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote in message ... I've always noticed that my cat's ears smell a little strange. It's not necessarily a bad strange, but they sort of smell like cookie dough to me. Is this unusual or do most cats have cookie dough or odd-smelling ears? The rest of her face and body smell pretty normal, as far as cats go. Her breath smells a bit fishy but I'm pretty sure that is normal. She doesn't have ear mites, as far as I know, and the insides of her ears look pretty clean. Any ideas as to why the cookie dough smell? I swear I'm not trolling--her ears really do smell like cookie dough! rona -- ***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** Off course, I'm going to return to the old standard (but correct) statement that you need to call a vet. However, my *guess* would be either ear mites (even though you can't detect them yourself) or possibly a yeast infection. I would be particularly suspicious of the yeast infection because of the type of odor you described. Only your vet can make the proper diagnosis and prescribe treatment. MaryL |
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I would advise an ear cleaning before calling a vet. If they still smell bad
after that, then call a vet. -- Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... "Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote in message ... I've always noticed that my cat's ears smell a little strange. It's not necessarily a bad strange, but they sort of smell like cookie dough to me. Is this unusual or do most cats have cookie dough or odd-smelling ears? The rest of her face and body smell pretty normal, as far as cats go. Her breath smells a bit fishy but I'm pretty sure that is normal. She doesn't have ear mites, as far as I know, and the insides of her ears look pretty clean. Any ideas as to why the cookie dough smell? I swear I'm not trolling--her ears really do smell like cookie dough! rona -- ***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** Off course, I'm going to return to the old standard (but correct) statement that you need to call a vet. However, my *guess* would be either ear mites (even though you can't detect them yourself) or possibly a yeast infection. I would be particularly suspicious of the yeast infection because of the type of odor you described. Only your vet can make the proper diagnosis and prescribe treatment. MaryL |
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"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote in message ... I've always noticed that my cat's ears smell a little strange. It's not necessarily a bad strange, but they sort of smell like cookie dough to me. Is this unusual or do most cats have cookie dough or odd-smelling ears? The rest of her face and body smell pretty normal, as far as cats go. Her breath smells a bit fishy but I'm pretty sure that is normal. She doesn't have ear mites, as far as I know, and the insides of her ears look pretty clean. Any ideas as to why the cookie dough smell? I swear I'm not trolling--her ears really do smell like cookie dough! rona -- ***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** Off course, I'm going to return to the old standard (but correct) statement that you need to call a vet. However, my *guess* would be either ear mites (even though you can't detect them yourself) or possibly a yeast infection. I would be particularly suspicious of the yeast infection because of the type of odor you described. Only your vet can make the proper diagnosis and prescribe treatment. MaryL |
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"kaeli" wrote in message
... My guess is an infection. Sometimes it's down deep and you don't see anything unusual. What's "pretty clean"? My cats' ears are totally clean and pink with no cleaning from me. The one who had an infection, the ears got a little dirty, but not terribly so. However, checking his back claws revealed they were also dirty. This was from him scratching his ears and the wax got on his claws. Her inner ears are very pink and the only other colour is from her tattoo. I would have said, "very clean" but I'm not really sure how cat's ears should look, so I didn't want to overstate :-). They aren't black or brown or gunky so I didn't think she had ear mites, though after Wendy's post I may have to rethink that =:-o! The idea of a yeast infection or other type of infection never even occurred to me! I figured out that the cookie dough smell is like a cinnamon cookie dough. It's actually kind of a nice smell, just a bit weird. We're off to the vet soon for her yearly check-up, so I will ask him to check her ears thoroughly. I think he thinks I'm like a hypochondriac by proxy for my cat, since I'm always thinking something is wrong with her. Luckily, nothing ever is! Since Kaeli's was the only reply to actually show up on my news server, I'll add thanks to Wendy and MaryL here, too! Thanks for the replies! rona -- ***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** |
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Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote in on 15
Jan 2004: The idea of a yeast infection or other type of infection never even occurred to me! I was just telling someone the other day that Shadow's gunky ear problems seem to be gone. He used to have to go to the vet for drippy, (literally!) gunky ears pretty often since his diagnosis of IBD and the FeLV+ status. On a suggestion from here, I started giving him B complex vitamins daily (can check the dose for you if interested, I just put some of a capsule into an empty gelcap) and it dawned on me the other week that his ears are still clean and they haven't been cleaned in months. Yeast infections I suppose. I also read that cats with IBD or other gastro intestinal problems don't absorb B vitamins given orally and are usually given injections if called for. That doesn't seem to be the case with Shadow. -- Cheryl I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine. And he shall be my Squishy. Come here Squishy. Ow. Bad Squishy. - Dori |
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