<< Is there a safe and effective over the counter treatment for cats with ear
mites? >>

Really, I would call the vet.  It shouldn't be pricey.   If you have a
relationship with a vet already, maybe they would even sell you the med without
bringing your cat in.  But I have heard...never tried it myself...that mineral
oil can help.  You would just put it on a cotton ball and massage around in the
ear without going too deep.  I don't know how deep in the ear mites go and if
this would get all of them.

Candace
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AFAIC, the only ear mite remedy worth bothering with is Acarexx -
available tyhrough your vet.  One does is all it takes, and it runs
about $12.00.

-L.

Not that I know of. Most over the counter remedies are not only harsh and
irritate the cat's ears, but do not kill all of the mites so that the cat keeps
getting re-infected. You don't want to fool around with ear mites because
long-term infection can lead to deafness.

I recommend you see your vet for a safe and and effective remedy. Personally,
we have used Revolution on a stray cat we took in--she had severe ear mite
infestation. This is a spot-on treatment administered once and then two weeks
later (rather than every month as it is for flea and heartworm prevention). An
added benefit of Revolution was that since our other cats were already on it
for heartworm prevention, they were not infected by the new cat's ear mites.

Well, Revolution is over the counter, just it happens to be the vet's counter.

S.