Thanks all.

Mary, the vet did check, no ear polyp. Nothing to see at all, no mites, no infection, ears are both clear. Everyone who has looked at him - the TNR vet, the ER vet, and my regular vet - have said it seems he had some nerve damage from an untreated ear infection. It does happen, especially with the ferals.

Unfortunately, Bobby's blood test for feline aids did not come back negative. However, it didn't actually come back positive, either! So he has to be retested in a month. Liz just had the test done on her Max, so I put Bobby's info there. Look at post #15 here:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...3&page=1&pp=15

His eyes are looking bright and clear this morning, so that is clearing up quite well. We've done 4 days of the 1 day meds; I get some in his eyes, most all over his face and over me! I may have to buy another tube before the 10 days are up!!!