First of all I've been reading the forums for a while and really enjoy this place, so thank you everyone
Anyways, my cat Mai has had earmites ever since I found her in my garage (she was an outdoor stray, now is only indoor) a year and a month ago. When I took her to be fixed last December the vet did a treatment (don't know what) on her ears and her left ear has been fine since. However the right ear still had mites. I went back after a couple of unsuccessful months and we tried some medication that was called Mita-Clear every week for a month.
After a month or so after finishimg it was clear that the black stuff in her ear was coming back
so it was back to the vets. He gave me some medicine that I forget the name of but it was to be put in her ear once every two weeks. Again the black stuff came back.
So then we went back, got more Mita-clear because he said the only other option was an ointment that is put in her ears twice a day for 10 days...now just a quick side note. Every time I try to put medicine in her ear she freaks out (I can't do it alone - I live alone so my parents came for visits on nights she needed it) and starts drooling from fear and is just generally terrified. She is the most loving cat ever but even after just these treatments she hides whenever my parents come to visit. I think that doing twice a day for ten days (when it might not even work) is not an option because I think it will permanantly affect the way she relates to me and other people and I can't deal with that.
So anyways back to the last visit. The last round of Mita-clear didn't work. We went back to the vet's and this time he said it might be an infection and not mites. Is that possible? It is the dark wax in her ears and it looks just like her other ear did when it had mites. So he put some anti-infection cream in and said...put it in for 10 days twice a day
just in case it is an infection.
I asked about Revolution and he didn't have any but put some Frontline on her and said it does pretty much the same thing. Is that true? I hope not cause it didn't work - the back stuff is now coming back slowly a week later, though it seems to be coming back more slowly this time. I am hoping that maybe Revolution might do the trick, what do you all think? Any advice? Have any of you had similar problems?
Sorry that was so long. After a year of mites I feel terrible for my cat. Luckily it doesn't really seem to affect her other than the ear scratching but I really want to get her ear fixed up. I don't really see any twice daily treatments as an option so i am really really really hoping there is some other way.
Thanks for any help,
Paul
Anyways, my cat Mai has had earmites ever since I found her in my garage (she was an outdoor stray, now is only indoor) a year and a month ago. When I took her to be fixed last December the vet did a treatment (don't know what) on her ears and her left ear has been fine since. However the right ear still had mites. I went back after a couple of unsuccessful months and we tried some medication that was called Mita-Clear every week for a month.
After a month or so after finishimg it was clear that the black stuff in her ear was coming back
So then we went back, got more Mita-clear because he said the only other option was an ointment that is put in her ears twice a day for 10 days...now just a quick side note. Every time I try to put medicine in her ear she freaks out (I can't do it alone - I live alone so my parents came for visits on nights she needed it) and starts drooling from fear and is just generally terrified. She is the most loving cat ever but even after just these treatments she hides whenever my parents come to visit. I think that doing twice a day for ten days (when it might not even work) is not an option because I think it will permanantly affect the way she relates to me and other people and I can't deal with that.
So anyways back to the last visit. The last round of Mita-clear didn't work. We went back to the vet's and this time he said it might be an infection and not mites. Is that possible? It is the dark wax in her ears and it looks just like her other ear did when it had mites. So he put some anti-infection cream in and said...put it in for 10 days twice a day
I asked about Revolution and he didn't have any but put some Frontline on her and said it does pretty much the same thing. Is that true? I hope not cause it didn't work - the back stuff is now coming back slowly a week later, though it seems to be coming back more slowly this time. I am hoping that maybe Revolution might do the trick, what do you all think? Any advice? Have any of you had similar problems?
Sorry that was so long. After a year of mites I feel terrible for my cat. Luckily it doesn't really seem to affect her other than the ear scratching but I really want to get her ear fixed up. I don't really see any twice daily treatments as an option so i am really really really hoping there is some other way.
Thanks for any help,
Paul
