Help Ear Mites!

[beyond_me]

I have used Ivermec to kill ear mites. My cat had them and they were gone in one treatment. It is bad to use for a long time but a couple of treatments isn't bad. It is meant for cattle to treat mites but I worked at a pet store and we use to use it all the time and it did work for my cats. I do not remeber how much to give but you can get it from revival. Heartguard has a little ivermec in it. When you use it though it does kinda burn under the skin for a couple of seconds. But it works.

[VTJess03]

Just to caution about using meds for off-label uses; they might work, but it's against federal law to use pesticides for anything that is not on the label (and let's face it, wormers and external parasite treatments are pesticides). Be careful in publicizing if you do it...please.

Usually there's not been enough research to determine side effects, dosages, etc. for creatures not on the label...my parents use ivermec for their goats and for their cow (when they had one) and get the vet to prescribe a different dosage for the goats because of differences in size/metabolism, etc. Bottom line, if you are going to use pesticides for off-label animals, please have a vet's recommendation to back it up if you get caught or if you OD your animals and do harm (not likely, I'll admit, but it could happen).

[beyond_me]

Very true. We had the recomondation from our vet to use it for the puppies at the store. The vet uses ivermec for ear mites still on his regular customers. It was just an idea. Something I know has worked. Also since I moved my vet will usually help me with things like that. She will look it up and check on it to make sure it is okay and then help me with the dosage.

[T-Ice]

Find a new vet. Ivermetcin has seemed to be the most effective way to get rid of mites and worms.