# Otitis, the Cat With No Ears

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otitis-the-cat-with-no-ears/849133>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 9, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otitis-the-cat-with-no-ears/849133 "2020-03-09T03:12:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otitis-the-cat-with-no-ears/849133/1 "2020-03-09T03:12:07Z")

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Otits, the Cat With No Ears, was featured on a ‘My Cat From Heaven’ segment on _My Catr From Hell_. [Here’s a longer video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtv9FeQ_1U&list=LLie18j69NzAXBAIo4TUxFgA&index=1858).

Otitis was so cute, I bought the [book](https://smile.amazon.com/Adventures-Otitis-Molly-Lichtenwalner/dp/1684013356).

It’s a children’s book. While Otitis is a real cat that was fostered and then adopted, the story is a made up adventure. It’s cute, though.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otitis-the-cat-with-no-ears/849133/2 "2020-03-09T21:47:27Z")

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A friend of mine had a cat with no ears. He lost them somehow when he was a kitten, and was left with stumps. But he was happy and healthy. His name wasn’t quite as fancy as “Otitis,” though–my friend started calling him “No Ears,” which quickly got contracted to just “Nears,” which he carried for the rest of his long life.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otitis-the-cat-with-no-ears/849133/3 "2020-03-09T22:39:49Z")

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What a sweet kitty. I keep picturing him with a little head band with sparkly cat ears.

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otitis-the-cat-with-no-ears/849133/4 "2020-03-10T02:24:07Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> What a sweet kitty. I keep picturing him with a little head band with sparkly cat ears.

Not sprarkly, but maybe something like [this?](https://www.channel3000.com/cat-loses-ears-gets-set-of-crocheted-ears-as-replacement/)

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otitis-the-cat-with-no-ears/849133/5 "2020-03-10T02:32:38Z")

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So cute.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otitis-the-cat-with-no-ears/849133/6 "2020-03-10T02:47:05Z")

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I’m a sucker for injured cats, elderly cats, ugly cats…