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How to Deal With Ear Mites in Cat
Keeping a pet at your home calls for a great deal of responsibility on your part. Your duty does not finish with providing them foods only. You have to train them to make them acceptable among the human society. This includes behavioral training on the one hand and keeping them clean on the other. Keeping them clean means keep them free of mites, lice and other germs.
Ear mites: What are they?
Several types of mites are detected that infect the ears of not only cats but puppies as well. It is the Otodectes cynotis that most commonly affect the ear cannals of both cats and dogs. However, there is no relation between the identification of mites and their corresponding treatments. You have to follow the same treatment as long as you find out that your cat is infected by some kind of ear mites. However the mites can enter the other parts of the body from the ears.
How your little kitty get them?
If you want your darling cat to be free of ear mites, you have to know first where they come from and attacked your beloved pet. Well, ear mites are one of the most contagious parasites that can attack all the pets of the house together. If you have other pets like rabbits, puppies, mice and so on, the mites will be passed on to the cats automatically. Even if you do not have other pets in the house, it may be passed on to the kittens from their mothers.
How do you know that your cat has got ear mites?
It is important to know about the symptoms before you are all set to deal with any disorder.- One common symptom of ear mites is: your pet will constantly shake its head and scratch its ears as if in the attempt to shake off something from its ears.
- More the infection is, the more restless will be its behavior. If the infection is too severe, it may lead to bleeding from the ears.
- In case of severe ear mites, you will notice an accumulation of ground coffee like substances in the ear canal; this is a clear symptom of ear mites.
- If the mites have reached the other areas of the body, the cat might not possibly scratch its ears any more.
Now that you know the symptoms, this is the time to deal with them.
- The prescription drugs of special kind are the most accepted means for treating ear mites in cats. These medicines contain insecticides. However the use of ivermectin in treating ear mites have recently been very popular in parts of the USA. The other options include; pyrethrin, Milbemycin and Fipronil selamectin and Acarexx.
- The products are available in the forms of sprays, dips, or shampoos.
- The products can be used as topical medicine or they can be injected into the body.
- In any case make it a point to give the medicine until all the mites are gone. It generally takes two to four weeks to eliminate the entire infection.
- Take care that no ear mites remain in the other parts of the body including tail.
- Also treat other pets living in the household simultaneously, as mites are easily transferred from one pet to another.
- It is recommended that go for the repetition of the application for twice more every second week. Your cat should undergo three treatments all total.
A last piece if advice: keep your environment free of fleas: it will prevent your cat to be re-infected by ear mites again.