Zane

Zane is doing much better, thank you for asking. He seems to have survived yet another trial in this fair town. Last week, he had a horrible ear infection of some sort. Don't quite know what it was, but, being the good vet that I am, I googled something like "cat ear infection" and put a few recommendations from a few different websites, and he seems to be on the mend. Who knew you could give human antibiotics to a cat? They're just like big furry babies, I guess :)

Anyways, quite religiously, I've been crushing Zane's antibiotic pills with my handy-dandy IKEA garlic crusher, and dissolving them in some milk. And he just laps it all up. Other than that, all I could do was wipe the goo away that was leaking out of his ear (he certainly wasn't cleaning it up himself!), and let him sleep. But he's back to his old ankle biting self now. I'm a little alarmed at the rattle that his ear makes when he shakes his head though. I'm wondering if he's actually got a stone in there or something! Seriously. His head rattles when he shakes it. It just doesn't quite sound right.

Sorry if you're a vet or an animal right's activist and I've completely offended you with this post. But quite frankly, there just aren't exactly a whole lot of choices when it comes to getting veterinary care around here! I live in a country where the vast majority of children don't have access to a clinic or basic antibiotics or other basic life saving drugs. And here I am, feeding antibiotics to my cat! I think I need to go and buy a child some medicine this week just to even it out a bit.

But then, on the other hand, if you've had experience with your own creatures' ear infections and rattling heads, could you let me know if there's some sort of "home remedy" that could help?