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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / August 2005Ear mites and other fun stuff!
Hi Just found this group and its so very interesting and informative! First off we had one cat for 8 years *Schmoopie*, well brilliant me decided we needed a kitten to amuse and irritate him, so I talked the hubby into it. They get along ok, but now there are new problems arising. Last month Schmoops eyes were swollen and weeping. Took him to the vet and found out he had Herpes and the stress of the new kitten caused the outbreak (after being dormant all those years!) Ugh! Now i've noticed both cat and kitten scratching there ears. From the looks of the insides of there ears they both have ear mites, which i'm sure the kitten gave him. They are indoor cats. My question (finally) is do you think a vet visit is necessary, or can i just buy some ear mite medicine that i see at Petsmart? I called my vet and of course she told me to bring the kitten in, and that i would be wasting my money on "buying that crap" from the store!! I keep telling myself it was a *good* idea to get this kitten...... Any advice? Thanks! Bonnie > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > kitten...... > Any advice? Get some Acarexx from the vet and dose both cats. Don't bother with any other treatemnt - either prescription or OTC. Acarexx is the best thing to use. -L. > Thanks! > Bonnie > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thanks! > Bonnie Have you had the kitten to the vet to be checked out, have a stool sample checked for worms and started on shots? If so I'd be disappointed that the vet didn't pick up the ear mites. Mine always checks new kittens for mites and has looked and found them (showed me under the microscope) even before the typical 'coffee ground' schmutz showed up. W > Hi ... They are indoor cats. My question (finally) is do you think a vet > visit is necessary, or can i just buy some ear mite medicine that i see > at Petsmart? ... > Thanks! > Bonnie Revolution will get rid of ear mites, fleas, and some kinds of worms. You get it at from the vet. The kittens should have a vet check, anyway. Sometimes people think they will save money be buying over-the-counter products for parasite control. Then, after trying several things for different problems, they find out it would have been better and less expensive to go the vet and get something effective the first time. It saves the pet from a lot of prolonged suffering, too. Good luck with your cats. Annie > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thanks! > Bonnie Revolution should take care of it, but a vet visit isn't uncalled for, just in case they have a particularly bad infestation. The vet can clean the ears thoroughly (and make sure it IS just mites and not some kind of infection) and then apply the revolution. > > Hi > > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > thoroughly (and make sure it IS just mites and not some kind of infection) > and then apply the revolution. I'd recommend a vet visit. Sookey-Boo was scratching his ear and we took him to the vet, it proved to be an earmite. However, the earmite was the least of our problems, he ended up having a hematoma from scratching, needed surgery, daily vet visits for 3 weeks (he became the most popular cat at my workplace and on the subway) and required surgery, now he has a cauliflower ear. It appears in one of his scratches he did a fair bit of damage. For two weeks we drained the ear with a syringe hoping to avoid the surgery due to his age (vet recommendation, I do not home diagnose my cats). Well for a simple earmite we ran into thousands of dollars.. The cauliflower ear just adds to his attitude. For the record, we tell him he has two perfectly normal ears lol thanks SO much for your replies! you guys are great..... Thanks for sharing your story! I'm bringing my other cat to the vet asap because of it! Your cat is very lucky to have you!! > Thanks for sharing your story! I'm bringing my other cat to the vet asap > because of it! Your cat is very lucky to have you!! Please let us know how it goes at the vet :) Good luck with it Thanks for your interest Trish. Brought the kitten into the vet, she started it on Revolution, plus gave me enough for my older cat, so i didn't have to bring him in too, which was great! On a lighter note, since this was also the kittens first visit i scheduled the shots and all that other good stuff, come to find out that my Tigger Boy was actually a Tigger Girl! Ha! I felt pretty stupid to say the least, but hey the previous owner told me *she* was a *he*, guess i never checked........ Bonnie ( who is having a hard time splaining that one to the hubby!) > Thanks for your interest Trish. Brought the kitten into the vet, she > started it on Revolution, plus gave me enough for my older cat, so i [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Bonnie ( who is having a hard time splaining that one to the hubby!) lol luckily Tigger is a good name for either sex. I'm glad the vet visit went well and that you were able to get Revolution for both cats in one visit. My vet gives me a package for each animal with one visit as well. Hey, he makes a fair sum off it, Revolution is expensive but works wonders. A funny story to add to yours, when I worked with seals a guy brought us a seal that he found and had named Kevin, no idea why but we didn't check the sex either, well a few months later out pops a pup, you can imagine our shock. We still called her Kevin though, but suddenly her behaviour began to make a whole lot more sense to us :) She was possibly the most beautiful harbour seal I've ever seen, very spotty unlike the males who tended to have a darker colouring and less spots. Sorry to say it but take the kitten in have the ear mites treated have the kitten tested for other diseases, because the kitten could have given the herpes to your older guy. If so you need to know if the kitten has anything else to share besides ear mites and fleas. Shadow Walker > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thanks! > Bonnie |
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