What is it ear wax or something else like ear mites?

Question

I have noticed on my kitten's ears on the outside top part some dryness almost like when you get a rash it's white or ashy,scaly almost like dandruff or scab what is that? and is all ear wax earmites. my kitten has a little bit but there is no ordor and he's not shaking his head or scratching all the time. HELP...

Answer 1

The dry skin isn't earmites.  My dog and both my cats had earmites when they were a few weeks old.  The dog scratched her ears a LOT but the kitties didn't scratch at all so that's not always the best way to tell.  When you look in their ears, it almost looks like little black bugs in there.  It's not really bugs, it's just black waxy stuff.  When we took the cats to the vet, they gave us a $50 prescription for earmites.  When the dog had them, we went and got the $6 earmite treatment at Wal-Mart and it cleared them right up.

Answer 2

It's hard to say without bringing him to a vet, but usually ear mites appear as a dark waxy type substance in the ears, and sometimes they don't shake their heads or scratch...probably earmites if it's a kitten, you can get it cleared up for probably under $10.00