Cat ear mites may be the most common disease in cats. When we buy a cat, in addition to looking to see if there is ringworm on the cat’s skin, the other thing is to see if there are ear mites in the ears. (Of course we look (are ear secretions, because ear mites cannot be seen with the naked eye), so what exactly are ear mites?

Everyone should be familiar with mites. For example, when we dry our quilts in the summer, we need to use the sun to destroy them. For example, there are sometimes mites on our faces. Of course, these mites are the same as the mites in cat ears. categories, but they are not a species.

The mites in cat ears are actually called ear itch mites, which are a kind of arthropod parasite. We can think of them as miniature versions of mosquitoes, but remember that they are not the same kind of creatures, ear itch mites They live in the cat's ear canal and survive through the epidermal residue and tissue fluid of the cat's ear canal. When the number is small, the cat may not feel much discomfort, but when there are too many ear itch mites, the cat's ears will become very itchy. , and allergic reactions will occur at the site where ear itch mites inhabit. (For example, the ear canal we see is red and swollen)

After there are mites in the cat’s ears, the most intuitive thing that our owners can see is that there is a large amount of dark brown secretions in the cat’s ear canal. (We can understand these dark brown secretions as the feces of ear itch mites. Of course, This is wrong, just for better understanding) and cats frequently scratch their ears with their paws (of course it is because of itching). Imagine that when we wash our faces, it would be very uncomfortable to get even a little bit of water into the ears, not to mention that they are so... There are so many bugs crawling)

How should we treat cat ear itch mites?

One: When it comes to mites, we have to mention mite injections, such as ivermectin or selamectin, but mite injections are not random, because mite injections can only kill itchy ears. Adult mites are not effective against the eggs of some ear itch mites, so after we take the mite injection, if the eggs of the ear itch mite develop into adults in a few days, then the mite injection we gave before will no longer work. .

The correct approach: Determine the dose of mite injection according to the weight of the cat, and then inject the mite injection once a week for more than 5 weeks. Remember, it must be 5 weeks, because the ears are itchy. The development process of mites is very long. We cannot give 2 injections and stop the injection after seeing that the cat's ears are better.

Of course, there is a better way now, which is to use external anthelmintics to treat ear mites in cats. Although the method is very simple, it is dropped on the skin or inside the ear canal, but the price is compared to the mite injection. More expensive.

Two: Apply medicine to the dog’s ears. Before applying the medicine, we need to clean out the feces of ear itch mites (dark brown secretions) in the ears. We cannot directlyTake the medicine, because these dark brown secretions cannot be absorbed, so they will block the absorption of the medicine and also block the permeability of the ear.

Correct method of applying medicine: Apply ear medicine to the cat’s ears twice a day. First use ear cleaning medicine to clean the ears, and then apply anti-inflammatory and antipruritic medicine. The cat’s ear canal will secrete every day in the first few days of applying medicine. For new dark brown discharge, the ears will usually be completely clean and free of discharge within 5 days.

Three: The cat is very itchy or the ears are very swollen, so our simple ear medicine and mite injections are a bit ineffective. At this time, the owner needs to give the cat anti-inflammatory and anti-itch injections. Injections are used to relieve the itching and swelling of the cat's ear canal (if the swelling does not go away, we cannot clean the cat's ear canal, and the cat will not let you move its ears if it hurts). Generally, anti-inflammatory and anti-itching injections are recommended for about 5 days. That's it.

Because cats’ ears are upright and their ear canals are wider than those of dogs. Because cats weigh less, their ear canal secretions will be much less. Therefore, as long as owners of cat ear mites do these three steps, they will actually be better off than dogs. Ear mites in dogs are better treated.

Cat ear mites require better care from their owners, otherwise the ear itch mites in the cat’s ears will continue to reproduce. Therefore, after bathing the cat, we must dry the liquid inside and at the same time Use ear cleaning fluid to clean your ears.