RE: OT ear mite treatment

2006-01-09 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
ear mite treatment   Hideyo and Kat,   My vet recently told me to use olive oil rather than mineral oil.  She said it was less irritating to cats' ears.  That's the first time I've heard that, but thought I'd pass it on.   t Kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT ear mite treatment

2006-01-07 Thread catatonya
Hideyo and Kat,   My vet recently told me to use olive oil rather than mineral oil.  She said it was less irritating to cats' ears.  That's the first time I've heard that, but thought I'd pass it on.   tKat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hideyo,It's probably is Ivermectin -I have no experience wit

RE: OT ear mite treatment

2006-01-06 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
hear from my vets when coming to side effects on drugs (from my experience, they are way too optimistic.)   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:03 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT ear mite treatment

Re: OT ear mite treatment

2006-01-05 Thread PEC2851
Hideyo~ Acarexx can be used on kittens as young as 4 weeks. We have used on kittens before, but they've always been 8 weeks or older. Patti  

Re: OT ear mite treatment

2006-01-05 Thread Nina
Hi Hideyo, I've only used Acarexx on grown kitties.  I wish I could buy the stuff over the counter, it works just great with one application and I've never seen any side effects.  I've never used it on kittens though.  If I were you, I'd dilute it with some olive oil, (I've heard that mineral o

RE: OT ear mite treatment

2006-01-05 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
ear mite treatment Hideyo, It's probably is Ivermectin - I have no experience with this and kittens. If you're unsure, you can always just use mineral oil or olive oil. Squirt a dropperful into each ear (in as far as possible, and then hold the ear flap over the ear canal for a bit b

Re: OT ear mite treatment

2006-01-05 Thread Kat
Hideyo, It's probably is Ivermectin - I have no experience with this and kittens. If you're unsure, you can always just use mineral oil or olive oil. Squirt a dropperful into each ear (in as far as possible, and then hold the ear flap over the ear canal for a bit before they shake it out again).