Queen Eva has yeast and cocci in her ears and has to have ointment put in them for 10 days. I knew they were bothering her, but she kind of got lost in the shuffle of taking care of Jennie for a while.
When the temperature drops to about 25 F or below she starts rolling in the litter boxes. Taking dust baths or something. Grinding her back into the litter it's so gross! lol
I think she gets dust and bacteria in her ears from doing that and usually I give her ears some attention, a few drops of mineral oil to soften gunk, then the next day a saline flush, do it every couple of weeks until she stops it.
But this year the regimen slipped and her ears got infected.
So now she has to have this ointment.
The first two nights were awful. I had to sneak trap her in the bathroom, which isn't hard to do until she starts getting suspicious, because it is her room, after all. She lived in it the first week she was here.
But of course she doesn't like it when I use that as a way to entrap her. She fought and struggled and screamed the house down and I thought oh gosh 10 days of this. But last night she didn't struggle as much, though she didn't like being tricked and I worried she would stop coming into the bathroom, even though it is HER space.
Tonight..she came in and asked for them. Followed me into the bathroom. I waited for her to dash out if I reached for the door. She didn't. I waited for her to dash out as I reached for the ointment. She just sat there on the chair and waited.
I put a gentle hand on her back and administered the ointment into each ear, She screamed, just a little, but it was more for form's sake than anything. She's figured out it makes her feel better so she's decided it's an okay thing.
What a clever girl.
