If a mother has it, these mites can easily crawl from one pet to another. Ear mites are contagious and that s typically how they are transferred and obtained. Ear mites will cause your cat to lower one ear close to the ground. It s bothered by that ear. You might even notice your cat scratching at the infected ear.
Mites feed off the blood of the ears of cats.
They live right there inside your pet. In more advanced stages of ear mites, the mites will continue to scratch the ears of your cat, causing areas to be quite raw, scabs to form, and the hair around your cats ears might fall out. The inside of your cat s ear will become bright red, irritated, and swollen. These mites can invade the inner ear, which can cause dire problems since the inner ear is so close to your cat s brain. If the mites eat away enough of your cat s brain, it could certainly die.