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Cat Forum / General Topics / December 2005Ear Mite medicine suggestion
I ordered some online and it was vet quality and wasn't cheap...like $29-$32. I've long since forgotten where I ordered it. So.... Then I looked up Petco online, I have a local Petco store nearby. I look up on their website and they have earmite medicine for like $8.99-$12.99. I'm guessing that stuff is junk? Petco is an ok store...but they seem to sell lots of meds for cats and dogs that are cheap and end up ineffective or putting your pet into seizures (Hartz cat flea liquid). Someone hook me up with ear mite for cats that is the vet quality real thing please. >I ordered some online and it was vet quality and wasn't cheap...like $29-$32. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Someone hook me up with ear mite for cats that is the vet quality real thing please. I haven't tried Revolution (it doesn't do ticks and I have a tick problem so I use Frontline), but I have done business with this company and was satisfied, especially with the cost: <http://www.deadfleaz.com/home.php?cat=5> Counting the shipping costs, they may not be less expensive for this product. You might also check <http://www.petshed.com/products/category4.asp>.  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. "... I haven't tried Revolution (it doesn't do ticks and I have a tick problem so I use Frontline),..." I use Revolution and have had no ear mites or fleas. Angus does get ticks though and I did consider Frontine but it only protects for 2 out of the 4 weeks and isn't total protection even then (and I don't think it protects for worms although I could be wrong) so I just check him carefully and so far we have had no problems. My vet carries both frontline and revolution and he recommended the revolution at Angus' first visit. I don't know the price difference though. Kate >"... I haven't tried Revolution (it doesn't do ticks and I have a tick >problem so I use Frontline),..." [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >frontline and revolution and he recommended the revolution at Angus' >first visit. I don't know the price difference though. No worm effect, but the tick effect lasts 3-4 weeks for American ticks (2 weeks for some Australian ticks). Fleagor, my tick magnet, usually goes all month without any, until the weather gets cold, then he starts having some, mostly dead by the time I find them, after about three weeks. Curiously, the ticks are always on his neck, near the spot where the Frontline was applied. Frontline and Advantage users with large numbers of cats often buy the largest dog size and meter the dose to the cat with a syringe or dropper. Buying the Australian version in the extra large dog six-pack reduces the cost to under $1 (US) per cat per month. I have seen no reports on this with Revolution. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. Ted Davis wrote... "...the tick effect lasts 3-4 weeks for American ticks (2 weeks for some Australian ticks). Fleagor, my tick magnet, usually goes all month without any, until the weather gets cold, then he starts having some, mostly dead by the time I find them, after about three weeks. Curiously, the ticks are always on his neck, near the spot where the Frontline was applied." Well that's interesting. Do you have paralysis ticks in America? The ones I have taken off Angus have been alive but too small to identify with the naked eye. He has had no symptoms but I have been fortunate enough to find each one before it had been on for long. His have always been above the shoulders too. All the literature over here says this is the most common place and I wonder if it's because they lead with the head/neck/shoulders as they move through long grass or bush so if there is a tick it will brush off on the bit that touches first. Just my armchair theory. Kate > Ted Davis wrote... > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Kate THANKS....but no help here at all. I mentioned ear mites for a cat...not ticks or fleas in a dog or "one in all" forumla drops. I was talking specific drops you put in a cats ear. : THANKS....but no help here at all. : I mentioned ear mites for a cat...not ticks or fleas in a dog or "one in all" forumla drops. : I was talking specific drops you put in a cats ear. I had a very seriously infected cat. First it was ear mites then ear yeast. I tried out a lot, all stuff recommended by the 4(!) vets I consulted, but without cat. I spent a fortune on all that stuff, but what eventually helped was when the vet cleared out the ears thoroughly. I think one can actually save money here by going to the vet straight away. carola >I had a very seriously infected cat. First it was ear mites then ear yeast. >I tried out a lot, all stuff recommended by the 4(!) vets I consulted, but >without cat. I spent a fortune on all that stuff, but what eventually helped >was when the vet cleared out the ears thoroughly. Why would anyone treat ears with meds without having the ears cleaned first?!?! That make no sense at all!! http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ : >I had a very seriously infected cat. First it was ear mites then ear yeast. : >I tried out a lot, all stuff recommended by the 4(!) vets I consulted, but [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : Why would anyone treat ears with meds without having the ears cleaned first?!?! That make : no sense at all!! I got the cat from the shelter. The vets there cleaned the ears, showed me how to do it and gave me meds. I went back and got more, and more, and more, and some from my own vet, and from another vet ... Finally I changed the vet, and that one went in really deep to clean the ears. I didn't even know cats had such deep ears. They sent a sample to the laboratory and it turned out to be yeast. I then told the shelter vet, he went absolutely mad: I' VE BEEN A VET FOR OVER 30 YEARS... Don't you tell me ... etc Since then I can't support that shelter anymore. carola >Ted Davis wrote... > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >is a tick it will brush off on the bit that touches first. Just my >armchair theory. Ticks carry several diseases here, the most important in this area is Lyme disease which is carried by deer ticks. I don't know - or care - what species or specieses of ticks are around, but there are certainly plenty of deer sharing the spaces where the cats hunt. Curiously, out of twelve cats, most of whom hunt - several in the same field Fleagor uses, Fleagor is the only one who regularly gets ticks. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. : Ticks carry several diseases here, the most important in this area is : Lyme disease which is carried by deer ticks. I don't know - or care - [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : Curiously, out of twelve cats, most of whom hunt - several in the same : field Fleagor uses, Fleagor is the only one who regularly gets ticks. Our ticks come from trees, Ash to be exact. carola > >Ted Davis wrote... > Ticks carry several diseases here, the most important in this area is > Lyme disease which is carried by deer ticks. I don't know - or care - [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Curiously, out of twelve cats, most of whom hunt - several in the same > field Fleagor uses, Fleagor is the only one who regularly gets ticks. Yes I have read a bit about Lyme disease from a human point of view. We are fortunate in Oz not to have it naturally occuring but of course people can contract it while visiting OS. The reason I mentioned species is because here not all ticks are created equal. Some cause no more than a mild local reaction - lump, reddness, itch, although Angus doesn't seem bothered by that as some of his ticks have been where he could reach them and he hasn't scratched or bitten at them before or after removal. However one particular species, can't think of the name, causes the severe systemic reaction that kills lots of amimals every year. It's funny how some get them and some don't. My 1st and 2nd little guys - Jasper and Coco - spent most of their lives in north QLD, went outside, never had any tick preventing medicine and we never found one on either of them (and they were definitely in the area as plenty of other people had problems). However after all 14 years Coco died from tick bite at my parents new home and, as I mentioned Angus has had 4 in the last few weeks. To the original poster - sorry to be irrelevant to you, I thought from reading a couple of the posts that you wanted prevention not treatment. Hope you can find something. Kate I usually use Tresaderm which I get from my vet and it seems to do the job. I would have the vet checkthem first before giving anything bcause it may not be mites. My mother-in-law was treating hers for ear mites to no avail and it turned out that they had yeast infection which is treated completely differently. http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ : Ted Davis wrote... : [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] : : Kate Yes, but it's also the spot where the cat can't get them off by itself. If they are dead on the cat it means that the medication still works because it's meant to a) keep the ticks/fleas off and b) kill them. carola |
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