Recently my cat, Remy, had been scratching up his ears a little more than usual. There seemed to be some infection, with darkish fluids secreting from his ears. Initially I thought it was nothing more than normal cat ear wax discharge, but my mom insisted it was something more. We decided to take him to the vet.

Wow, what a surprise we were in for. 

The vet took a simple swab from Remys ear and placed the dark stains under an electronic microscope. We were then in for a treat. There were micro-mites in his ear!

It was like a flipping aquarium, mites and eggs swimming everywhere like freaking cockroaches. What an eye opener. 

Unseen to the naked eye.. a hive of activity inside a cats ear..

So, are you aware what’s going on in your cats ear? I certainly wasn’t until now. Apparently this thing is highly infectious, so if there are lots of dark stuff inside your cats ears.. best to get it checked out and medicated. Cats which are allowed to roam outdoor have a higher tendency to obtain this infection. 

Remy turned his while when I tried snapping his ear and gave us some How To Train Your Dragon action. This pic has nothing to do with the mite entry.  

Video taken in the vet showing micro mites swimming around. Enjoy!