Q: Do cats get sunburn?
Answer: Sunburn is generally rare in cats, though in sunny climates (e.g. Australia and the southern states of the U.S.A.) it can affect the ear tips of cats with white ears, particularly blue-eyed white cats. There is a slow reddening and crusting of the ear margins, without much discomfort but getting worse each year. Eventually a cancer may develop on the ear tip. This is not a first aid condition, but requires affected cats to have the ears protected in summer with sun creams, to be kept indoors during the hours of strongest (10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.) and, if lesions are well-developed, to have the ear tips amputated.