Thanks Sandie and Gretchen.

I know there's no way to afford the Revolution for all 5 cats, so I'm going to have to go another route. I spent a couple of hours last night, reading up on all the brands and recommendations that were the same as what you posted Sandie. I don't really want to use anything with pyrethrins unless all else fails - just leery about using that on cats, since they groom each other and could ingest it in the process. Tomorrow I'm going to start them all on the ear cleaning using the oil method, until I get a commercial product. I guess I'll start with the EcoEars since that is more of a holistic product without all of the nasty chemicals. Yup - this ought to be fun - as well as being a 2-man undertaking. Just trying to wrap them in a towel to keep claws away from our hands will be quite an exercise in itself.

I don't know how and where they came up with these nasty critters, since all of the cats are indoor only. I figured Wolfy most have picked them up, but I checked his ears, and they are nice and clean and pink like they should be. Go figure...........

I''m still open to suggestions from anyone for a remedy, so please let me know of anything that could work.

Thanks a bunch !