Your cat has ear mites?

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Ear mites are tiny parasites that live in the inner and outer ear canals. They feed on beeswax and oils in a cat of the ear canal causes irritation and inflammation, and are responsible for more than 50% of infections of the ear. The infection usually causes a dark brown black discharge usually refers to looks like coffee grounds. The mites are very small and often are not detected by the human eye.

These mites are very contagious and is transmitted by casual contact with other pets. Although both dogs and cats can have their cats are much more likely to be contaminated.

Some of the symptoms of EAR mites include:

* Brown or black waxy (which look like coffee grounds)
* Head shaking
* Excessive scratching ears
* Scratches, scabs, or hair loss near the ears
* Smell
* Inflammation

Because of strong head-shaking and scratching ear mites sometimes cause blood vessels to rupture the ear, causing an audible hematoma. This is a localized collection of blood that gets trapped between skin and cartilage of the ear.

To diagnose ear mites, your VET will see a sample of the wax in the ear under the microscope. This is called an ear cytology. If there are mites normally appear in this manner. In some cases, can also be seen the mites eggs.

Various treatments are available. Using a prescription topical medicines called ear Tresaderm is able to kill mite eggs ear development. Contains an antibiotic for any secondary treat bacterial infections, along with a medication for inflammation. The recommended treatment with Tresaderm is 10-14 days. A sequel to ear cytology after treatment is usually recommended to ensure that the contamination has been removed.

There are also two products (Acarexx and Milbemite) which are directly applicable in the ear canal. A single dose of these medicines is usually what is needed to remove the infection.

Revolution and advantage Multi are two topical products applied between cat's shoulders. These products are also controlling fleas and other parasites. These products should be applied once a month, every month for the entire lifetime of the cat.

To prevent a new outbreak of ear mites, it is important to treat all animals in the household and to all the animals on a monthly preventive. In a routine control of your cat's ears will also alert you to attack early. Also, you might want to examine in detail all bedding and cleaning your carpet vacuuming.

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