Shelly McIntosh

Summary

"Dear Xander: The Case of the Itchy Ears" is an advice column where Xander around the feline Xander offers guidance to cats with various concerns, focusing on a cat with persistent ear itchiness and another with issues regarding human lap availability.

Abstract

The web content presents "Dear Xander," a feline advice column addressing concerns from fellow cats. Xander, a cat with experience in dealing with-with itchy ears, advises a reader to seek help from their human, as he himself undergoes daily ear Xander recalls a kitten from his past with a similar ear issue that was eventually treated. He suggests the reader make their discomfort known to their human by seeking extra

Dear Xander: The Case of the Itchy Ears

A feline advice column for other felines.

Dear Xander is an advice column for feline readers. If you have a question for Xander, please leave it in the comments and he will answer in a future column.

Dear Xander –

My ears are bothering me. I keep scratching them and rubbing against the furniture, but it isn’t helping. It has been happening for so long hundreds of mealtimes have passed. What can I do?

Itchy Ears

Dear IE -

It is time to get your human involved. I know our instinct is to keep problems to ourselves, but this doesn’t seem to be getting better.

I have itchy ears. My human puts something wet in them every day. I hate it but if she skips a day, I start scratching again. It makes me remember a kitten I once knew.

I lived in a different place as a kitten. There were a bunch of us in a room. One time when I left the room, I saw that there were a bunch of rooms just like ours. There were a lot of humans there, too.

There was a kitten in my room there. One of her ears itched a lot. She kept scratching at it all the time. Because a lot of different humans brought our food, no one seemed to notice.

One morning when we woke up, the ear was puffy. Really puffy. The human who brought breakfast picked her up and carried her away.

She came back the next day with a white thing on her ear. She was sleepy but told us it ached. After many food dishes came and went, a different human took her away again.

She came back later without the white thing, but her ear was all wrinkly. She said it didn’t hurt anymore.

I don’t know if your ear might get puffy and wrinkly, but maybe now is the time to let your human know. Rub up against him or her. Make sure they notice you want more than the normal amount of scratching.

Then, make sure you are scratching your ear right in front of them. If they are laying on the big pillow, do it right next to them. If they are watching the loud box while sitting down, scratch while laying on their lap.

Maybe they can do something for you. At the very least, they will scratch your ear more.

Xander

Dear Xander,

Why do humans lack the ability to sit still for the length of time we wish to occupy their lap? Mine always has some lame excuse like “going potty” or “need to make dinner”.

Annoyed by Moving Lap

Dear ABML –

Your human is being very inconsiderate. I understand your pain. I don’t know why humans do this.

I have two humans in my house. The female seems to sit longer than the male. I try to sit on her lap if I have a choice.

It sounds like you only have one human. This is unfortunate.

My only suggestion is to jump on her lap as soon as she sits down. Hopefully, you will get more sitting time done then.

On a related note: don’t try to stop her from using the human litter box. Remember what it feels like if you have to wait to use it. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.

Xander