Bastet get chronic ear iinfections in one of her ears so here is how you clean them.

BTW: Cats ear canals are L shaped so you won't hurt their ear drum with a Q-tip. My vet showed me this proceedure and I am writing the instructions down as he wrote them out for me. This has kept Bastet's ears very clean and her trips to the vet for ear drops to a minimum.

Boil some filtered water and let it cool down until it is luke warm (boiling removes any bacteria).

Wash hands with some antibacterial soap and use a clean towel.

Get some cotton balls and gently soak in the water and squeeze out thouroughly.

Pull back ear flap gently and clean out muck from ear that you can see coming out of it. Use as many cotton balls as you like until they come out clean. This will get rid of the itchy outside gunk.

With a Q tip gently insert into ear canal. Turn the Q tip to pick up any gunk. Remove the Q tip. It will look disgusting. If it smells it means there is infection in there and may require a visit to the Vet. Do this until the Q tip comes out cleaner than the first. ( It may look yellowy but htat is the colour of the wax).

Repeat with other ear.

Make sure though after each individual ear that you wash your hands and use separate everything so you don't infect one ear with what the other ear has. Be sterile! (something my vet is conscious about).

Your kitty may hate you for a couple of hours but they will hear better. Remeber my vet showed me this as well (how to clean inside the ears - and outside as well) so be mindful of that. I would hate to hurt a kitty in any way.