Re: Poultry red mites on cats!! Advice needed please.

Susan Taylor RVN — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:47:41 GMT

Thank u for the info! We used Frontline spray so hopefully that'll do the trick. The poor wee thing was covered in them and they were all over me from just briefly holding her. Frontline certainly killed them on me when I freaked out & covered my clothes in it!! Horrible little things! I can totally understand why my friend is going insane with the whole thing! Thanx again for reply

Re: Poultry red mites on cats!! Advice needed please.

Louise B — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:39:13 GMT

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In my experience frontline spray (not spot on) used at the same dose you would normally use for fleas works very well. We used to use it off license for red mite in chickens at a poultry research centre. Experimentally, I would also chat to a vet about trying lufenuron as well as the mechanism it works by should also be efficacious for red mite (although this has not been researched to my knowledge as practically it would be no good as lufenuron is detectable in eggs if used in chickens).