Ear Mites Etiology, Effects And Medicines

Ear Mites Information

Ear mites are small bugs that look much like tiny ticks. These are barely seen without a microscope, and look like a small white dot on the skin of the ear. A vet will normally take a sample of ear wax from the animal to look at microscopically for diagnosis.

The ear mites cause an infection that looks much like coffee grounds, with a dry black discharge. Many vets will use this to diagnose visually because there are times when the bugs are not seen in the samples taken earlier of ear wax.

These bugs move from one host to another by simple close physical contact. The insects can come from any animal that your animal has been around for a period of time. Since they are so easily transmitted, treatment for one animal in the home means all animals in the home have to be treated as well.

Effects of Ear Mites

These mites can cause skin disease and an infection in the ear that results from their bites. This condition includes redness or itching that your poor animal cannot control, and can eventually lead to damage on the skin from the digging.

Although contagious to all other close animals, especially those that stay outdoors, humans rarely contract the bugs. In rare cases the skin rash will appear but for ninety nine percent of the population there will be no symptoms in a human even when the animal is infected.

There are a few products and treatments that can be used for about 3 weeks or longer that are said to work well for this condition. Many of the over the counter medicines have insecticides but do not kill eggs of the bugs, so they have to be used for at least 3 weeks in order to kill all bugs that are in gestation at the time of the first application.

There is one medicine that vets like to give called Tresaderm. This includes cortisone for itching, antibiotic for infections and thiabendazole that is the insecticide that kills the insects and the yeast they put off. It is used more often than others because it will kill all eggs and adults in all stages of life. Treatment time is 2 weeks and the product generally has an ear cleaner included. Although still a favorite to veterinarians, there are newer medications available causing this one to fall to a lower shelf for use.

Most Effective Ear Mites Treatment

Ear Mites Supersized Pack – This pack is used when you want to take the more aggressive approach when healing your pet’s skin ravaged by Ear Mites.

This Ear Mite Pack has the fighting power of removing the debris in the ear and treat the skin while protecting against infections.

The Pets’BestRx Ear Wash Treatment is a colloid based nonionic and anionic surfactant that is completely non-toxic and safe with no side-effects or dryness, and safely works in 24 to 48 hours.

Our veterinary strength Pets’BestRx Healing & Protection Spray and wound disinfectant works quickly to repair infections. It provides protection and on-contact relief of dermal and bacterial infections and works great as a preventative and a sterile ear cleaner.

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