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Kitten has wet ear, mouth spots, losing weight after antibiotics.

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

My kitten gets wet ear on one side with brown mocusa, and dark spots around his mouth. He was sick and on antibiotics (amoxicillin and deoxycyclin) for 10 days. One week after I stopped his medication these symptoms started plus he's loosing weight. Could you help with this?

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Answered By Stephanie Echols, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on July 27th, 2017

It looks like your kitty has a skin and ear infection. The medications he was on likely did not treat the problems. He needs a difference antibiotic for the skin and a medication that goes into the ear. A vet needs to determine what kind of ear infection that is before prescribing medications. I would then discuss the underlying cause and I would highly suspect a food or environmental allergy. Kisses to your kitty!

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