July 15, 2005
Ear Cleaning
Here I thought that cutting Finn’s nails was hard. But you should try cleaning her ears! The moment I touch her ear, she would shake her head, stand up and walk away. Sometimes I am able to successfully examine her ear to see how clean (or dirty) it is, but she would then put her paw against my arm (thankfully, with her claws not bared). Of course I stop what I’m doing because I don’t want to take any chances – her nails have grown long again!
We went to the vet again last weekend for her shots and to have her ears checked again for ear mites. The results were still negative, but the vet prescribed some ear drops I’m supposed to give Finn. However, I’m supposed to remove any discharge before I put the drops. I thought that wouldn’t be a problem, since the vet cleaned her ears already when we went there. But surprisingly, her ear was already filthy by the time Monday rolled around. So we did the whole ear cleaning routine (it probably took me 30 minutes to manage to clean one ear) and then I proceeded to put the medicine (which took me another 30 minutes). It was kind of funny because I would put the dropper near her ear, and just when the medicine was about to come out, she would shake her head.
It seems though that Finn doesn’t want to sleep on my bed anymore. I think maybe she’s mad at me or something. Hahaha! I try to explain to her that I don’t put her through all that just to give her a hard time…Hopefully she understands! I suppose I had better get her some cat treats to compensate for all the stress I put her through.
We went to the vet again last weekend for her shots and to have her ears checked again for ear mites. The results were still negative, but the vet prescribed some ear drops I’m supposed to give Finn. However, I’m supposed to remove any discharge before I put the drops. I thought that wouldn’t be a problem, since the vet cleaned her ears already when we went there. But surprisingly, her ear was already filthy by the time Monday rolled around. So we did the whole ear cleaning routine (it probably took me 30 minutes to manage to clean one ear) and then I proceeded to put the medicine (which took me another 30 minutes). It was kind of funny because I would put the dropper near her ear, and just when the medicine was about to come out, she would shake her head.
It seems though that Finn doesn’t want to sleep on my bed anymore. I think maybe she’s mad at me or something. Hahaha! I try to explain to her that I don’t put her through all that just to give her a hard time…Hopefully she understands! I suppose I had better get her some cat treats to compensate for all the stress I put her through.
