Nero, my ruby eyed yellow , has had this horrible ear wax, ear mud (more like it problem) all his life, but really only in one ear. the other one is pretty clean and none of the other five have anything in their ears (or their head, but that is another matter :-)). Any ideas? I really feel bad cleaning them because it is like tar and I don't want to push the goop further down. thanks beckers -- becki kain "words are just dust in deserts of sound." eldritch [Posted in FML issue 1978]