My cat's itchy ears

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Last night, Boopsie started scratching her ears pretty vigorously. So I got a tissue and started wiping her ears for her. This worked pretty well -- I got a bunch of gunk out, and when I hit the right spot, she flopped over and her back leg started kicking. As if she was scratching, but about an inch away from her body. It was disturbingly cute.

But after I was done, she acted like her ear was still itchy, so I got out the bottle of cat earwash, which she HATES, did what I could to warm it up, then pinned her down and squirted it in her ear. She yowled and complained, and, at the end of it, she stood up, glared at me, went to scratch her ear again, realized it didn't itch, and glared at me more. It was pretty clear that she was NOT pleased that I had been right.

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[pogodragon.livejournal.com]

I'd never considered the strength of cat ear muscles until I had to dose a couple of them for ear mites. The kitten was ok (and was responsible for the ear mites), but my grizzled old street thug (sweetest kitty in the world), had the ability to weld his ear flaps to his head, it took serious amounts of prising open to get the goop in there.

Funny, but not much fun.