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Daily Discussion Thread:🥦 Sat 23 Mar 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 8 months ago by CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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🍞 National Melba Toast Day🍞

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Gross cat ear stuff

Well that sucked. I didn't do the first ear wash well enough the first time (she hated it, so I didn't wipe or repeat) so this morning there was no skimping. I found and watched the company's Youtube video, warmed the bottle of ear cleaner first by sitting the bottle in water, then kept massaging glugs in and wiping it out with cotton wool. Safety glasses were a good call. I may wear a mask next time to keep the splashes off my mouth. Kitty was doing the dog shake.

The black dirt wasn't severe but it just kept coming out. You're meant to do it until no more comes out but it took a very long time and I had to wrap Melbcat in a towel for the first time ever (not spicy just overwhelmed and trying to leave) so I did the best I could. Washed my face, changed my clothes. She's hiding in the other room pretty traumatized. Next time I might give more time for her pain meds to kick in first. In a few hours we'll do the antibiotic drops again.

I think I'm meant to do this twice a day an hour/hour and a half before the drops. I wish the emergency vet had written down the instructions. I hope the first proper clean out was the worst of it. My poor little cat. She was so good despite being terrified.