Apollo would like to take a moment to educate you about the common but not well known Christmas Tree Ear Syndrome (CTES).

Christmas Tree Ear Syndrome is when you have sticky sap from the Christmas tree on your ear.

Unfortunately, the cause is unknown and may never be discovered. But Apollo is dedicating his life to researching the cause so CTES can be eradicated.

Symptoms/signs include:

  • Sticky sap on your ear
  • Embarrassment
  • Your ear smelling like a Christmas tree

Luckily (for humans) there is a cure – cleaning your cat’s ear with a warm wet towel. The cat may or may not like this.

The more drastic approach of NOT having a live Christmas tree at all may be taken too, if you want to avoid CTES completely.

Apollo is willing to take the risk, but wanted to share this info with other cats out there – be careful when innocently sitting by or approaching the tree!