Ear mItes in cats

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Fiona Leathers — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:44:36 GMT

We use canaural 7 days on then 7 days off then 7 days on again and an application of Advocate - never seem to have any recurrence.

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Carol Cottrell — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:14:16 GMT

Cheers Steph, have offered to go round & help her medicate to save daily trips to the surgery. Will keep you posted (+ thanks for environmental advice, am sure this generally gets missed!) x

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:48:56 GMT

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Thanks everyone! There is absolutely no doubt this is mites, his ears were hooching without even microscopy!

Will probably have to look into Stronghold (we did clean his ears out under g/a about 3wks ago too)

Thanks again

Carol

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Carol it sounds to me like you might either have a client not being honest with you about how often they put their treatment on OR an environmental problem. Good luck let us know how you get on! :)

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Carol Cottrell — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:45:54 GMT

Thanks everyone! There is absolutely no doubt this is mites, his ears were hooching without even microscopy!

Will probably have to look into Stronghold (we did clean his ears out under g/a about 3wks ago too)

Thanks again

Carol

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Kerry Spain — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:21:52 GMT

stronghold

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Sal the 1st — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:14:49 GMT

have seen cats treated for ear mites for months that dont seem to respond and as already mentioned they didnt respond to treatment because they didnt have mites in the first instance! - it takes only a few seconds to have a quick squiz under the microscope. Why dont people do it more often??

Its also really good if you can show the owners just what is living in their cats ears - promise you will get 100% compliance with treatment and keeping appointments

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Hannah25uk — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:17:21 GMT

We recommend stronghold and generally clean the ears a couple of times during treatment with a general ear cleaner to clear any debris.

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Maisy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:06:00 GMT

Haven't used Stronghold in a while, but Advocate was always used successfully for the rescue cats with ear mites.

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Kathryn Welsh — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:32:18 GMT

We would suggest Stronghold as a first port of call and continue cleaning them with CleanAural!

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:57:44 GMT

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have you tried stronghold?

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This is what I have used in the past. I found the Advocate just didn't cut it over a period of repetitive use. Not sure if it was resistance or what. I also find cleaning the ears with CleanAural to flush out the debre helps during the process. Unforutunatly because of the way cats think it's hard to avoid the behavioural problems that go with it.

Does this cat go outside? Has the bedding and the area be cleaned and treated as well?(RIP/Indorex etc), hot wash? Do they have the money to have the ears cleaned under sedation?

Poor lil puss, I went through a horrible itchy ears time with my moggie a few years back, vet kept prescribing Canural and Advocate for mites. We got a second opinion elsewhere and found out she didn't even have mites! It was eczema from a food allergy! She's on a hypoallergenic diet now and has immunotherapy injections and no more itchy ears. But to this day will run a mile if she sees a small bottle!

Re: Ear mItes in cats

Steph Worsley — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:47:01 GMT

have you tried stronghold?