Hi all,
As I posted in another thread, I have another kitten coming home with me tomorrow. He's a sweetie, but unfortunately has ear mites. I looked in his ear while at the humane society after they told me and sure enough I could see the coffee ground looking debris left behind by them.
The humane society only had him for 4 days, which is not long enough to treat ear mites obviously, so it will be up to me.
Ear mites are resistant these days to the older treatments. Ivermectin on the other hand - works.
While I'm sure the humane society will tell me what they recommend I do, I will also seek the opinion of a vet after I take him home.
Ally is already on Revolution, but I'm wondering if that's enough to prevent the spread of them to her. Theoretically it should be, but do you think I should apply ivermectin topical cream to her ear canal anyways just to be safe?
Also, my dog takes ivermectin orally to prevent against heart worms. Is that enough protection for him?
As for the new kitten, I plan to put him on Revolution immediately and get ivermectin cream for him. My only concern with the Revolution with both Ally and the new kitten is that with them being so young and their fur so short, it's tough to get the Revolution tube to actually be against bare skin, and I end up getting about 30% on Ally's fur. Does that still get absorbed? Is there an oral supplement I can put them both on until their fur grows out a little more and I know that I'm getting the Revolution 100% on the skin?
As I posted in another thread, I have another kitten coming home with me tomorrow. He's a sweetie, but unfortunately has ear mites. I looked in his ear while at the humane society after they told me and sure enough I could see the coffee ground looking debris left behind by them.
The humane society only had him for 4 days, which is not long enough to treat ear mites obviously, so it will be up to me.
Ear mites are resistant these days to the older treatments. Ivermectin on the other hand - works.
While I'm sure the humane society will tell me what they recommend I do, I will also seek the opinion of a vet after I take him home.
Ally is already on Revolution, but I'm wondering if that's enough to prevent the spread of them to her. Theoretically it should be, but do you think I should apply ivermectin topical cream to her ear canal anyways just to be safe?
Also, my dog takes ivermectin orally to prevent against heart worms. Is that enough protection for him?
As for the new kitten, I plan to put him on Revolution immediately and get ivermectin cream for him. My only concern with the Revolution with both Ally and the new kitten is that with them being so young and their fur so short, it's tough to get the Revolution tube to actually be against bare skin, and I end up getting about 30% on Ally's fur. Does that still get absorbed? Is there an oral supplement I can put them both on until their fur grows out a little more and I know that I'm getting the Revolution 100% on the skin?