Kitten has ear mites?

Question

I am postive my 7 week old kitten has ear mites.
I can take her to the vet and get some medicine but I am fairly anti med so I was wondering if there is any household products that would work or something herbal?
I don't want her in pain so if I have to I will treat her but there seems to be herbal remedies for everything now a days :)
thanks!

Answer 1

dab of baby oil....it sufficates the ear mites.....it doesn't take much....put q-tip in baby oil and coat the kitties ear....

Answer 2

All the homemade remedies that were suggested before my post will work. BUT they will only kill the mites that are currently in the ears. All the other mites that are on the body will continue to migrate to the ears. Even tho they are called ear mites they are all over kitty's body and choose the ears because it is the easier way to suck the blood that they need to survive. Ivomectin is the best way. A small injection and they are ALL gone. If you choose the home remedy plan on doing this routine for several weeks.

Ear mites are crusty..... that is the dried blood that you are seeing not the mites. Those are microscopic. Make absolutely sure that the substance in the ear is crusty. If it is oily that is oil from the ear and dirt form scratching. Oils are the worst to use if that is the case. Why? because if it is oily then adding more oil is not good because that is a possible yeast infection.

Yeast infections need something like miconozole to clear up.

Answer 3

Get an old towel. Wrap the kit in it very snugly. You will know it is snug enough if he cannot get his legs free of the towel (just be sure not to choke him, and get it high enough on his neck that he cannot put his paws out the opening). Talk to him softly while you are doing this, it will upset him at first. A lot of love and scratching on the head helps. Now, sit down and put him in your lap and do the treatment. Don't forget when you are through to give him some extra love before you put him down. Oh, it would be good to do the treatments in the laundry room because he WILL shake his head like crazy when you are done. If you clean the ears, be certain to go no deeper into his ear canal than you can see; otherwise, you might do some damage. You don't want that. The ear mite medicine should be used only once a day. It is highly toxic, don't leave it where it can get into any food or water. Good luck with your kit. If you give him lots of lap time, you will have a very loving little buddy (good foot warmer at night in the winter time, too). :)

Answer 4

Mineral oil and some elbow grease work wonders!!! The kitten will appear greasy for a while, but the ear mites will be gone.
Clean the ears out three times a week with cotton swabs soaked in the mineral oil. This can take 4-6 weeks depending on the amount of debris in the ears, but it works with no chemicals.

Answer 5

My grandmother told me to use olive oil for this. You just put some olive oil on a q-tip and clean them out of his ears. The oil doesn't hurt, but some cats don't like the oily feel. Ear mites apparently can't stick to the oil so more won't develop.

Answer 6

Well, just because YOUR anti-med doesn't mean you have to be anit-med concering your animal. You want the ear mites gone for good? Go the vet and get some REAL meds.

Answer 7

put a few cloves of whole clover in a few tablemspoons of olive oil. Let it sit over night. Then apply the oil to her ears a few times a day, making sure that the ear is fully saturated.

Answer 8

You could try a little Vicks Vaporub if you can stand the smell. Personally I would go to Walmart and pick up some medication......it would definitely cure the problem

Answer 9

we have always used like olive or vegetable oil, rub it on the inside of the ears and it will suffocate them and kill them, it has always worked with us, good luck

Answer 10

baking soda.....? i dunno. u should sent her to the vet. she NEEDS medicene, its better than homemade stuff