Ask the Vet About Ear Mites in Dogs and Cats

Call and speak directly with the manufacturer about that - I would need to know the exact ingredient and concentration to really help you.

Here is a direct link to our article about "How to treat ear mites" with a few over-the-counter options: https://www.1800petmeds.com/education/how-to-treat-ear-mites-cats-6.html It is ideal to see your veterinarian to be sure it is mites and not an ear infection (they are treated differently). Your veterinarian will also have pain meds and medication that they can apply just once (sometimes twice a week later if they are bad) to get rid of the mites and you won't have to put anything in her painful ears.

Dogs rarely have ear mites - usually when they have ear issues, it is an infection, which won't respond to ear mite medications and they can make an ear infection worse and be unnecessarily painful, so it's ideal for your veterinarian to check him out and tell you which he has. This is very fast and easy. Zymox Otic may help an infection. Here is a link to read about it: https://www.1800petmeds.com/Zymox+Otic+Enzymatic+Solution+with+Hydrocortisone-prod10622.html

Dogs rarely have ear mites - usually when they have ear issues, it is an infection, which won't respond to ear mite medications and they can make an ear infection worse and be unnecessarily painful, so it's ideal for your veterinarian to check him out and tell you which he has. This is very fast and easy. Zymox Otic may help an infection. Here is a link to read about it: https://www.1800petmeds.com/Zymox+Otic+Enzymatic+Solution+with+Hydrocortisone-prod10622.html

I am solely a small animal (just dogs and cats) veterinarian so contact a veterinarian that specializes in exotics for help with your holland lop. You can often find them at your local veterinary school or on websites like Justanswer.com.

With ear infections, it is always ideal for your veterinarian to take a look down into his ear canal to be sure his ear drum is intact before squirting medication into it. If that isn't immediately an option, the ear drum is usually intact, so many owners choose to go ahead and try medication that will hopefully get him feeling better. Medication to try first: Zymox Otic with Hydrocortisone - this is the best over-the-counter ear infection medication out there - make sure it is the one WITH hydrocortisone not without because it will work better. Here is a link to read about it: https://www.1800petmeds.com/Zymox+Otic+Enzymatic+Solution+with+Hydrocortisone-prod10622.html

I wish I knew if Nikki was a dog or a cat. Either way really, but more so for a dog: ear mites are VERY easy to get rid of, so if she is having recurrent ear issues it is probably an ear infection, which are treated entirely different. Ear infections secondary to allergies are most common but there are other possibilites, so seeing your local veterinarian for an exam is ideal at this point. If it is just ear mites they will have a quick one-time treatment that they can apply to get rid of them, like this product: https://www.1800petmeds.com/MilbeMite+Otic+Solution-prod11966.html

I would recommend just going ahead and seeing your veterinarian for 2 reasons: (1) it may be an ear infection which is treated entirely differently than mites (2) they should have a one-time treatment that they can administer like this product: https://www.1800petmeds.com/MilbeMite+Otic+Solution-prod11966.html

At this point I would go ahead and see your veterinarian for a diagnosis - ear mites and ear infections are treated differently and treating for one when they have the other can make them worse.

He would have to come into contact with another cat to get ear mites, so he probably has an ear infection which you can make worse with ear mite medication, so see your veterinarian for a definitive diagnosis and specific treatment. If that isn't immediately an option, the best over-the-counter medication for ear infections is Zymox Otic with Hydrocortisone. Here is a link if you would like to read about it: https://www.1800petmeds.com/Zymox+Plus+Advanced+Formula+Otic+Enzymatic+Solution+with+Hydrocortisone-prod12065.html

Most dogs will have ear infections not ear mites which are treated entirely differently. If it is truly ear mites though, prescription products from your veterinarian will work better like Milbemite (https://www.1800petmeds.com/MilbeMite+Otic+Solution-prod11966.html). Over-the-counter medications are more noxious to them and more labor intensive for you but can work if they are used exactly as prescribed like this product called Eradimite (https://www.1800petmeds.com/Eradimite+Ear+Mite+Treatment-prod3311.html) But, again, don't assume your dog has ear mites because ear infections are much more common.

Nothing edible will help with ear mites - getting topical Revolution on him is probably your best bet. https://www.1800petmeds.com/Revolution-prod10265.html

I can't recommend that - I would need to know the exact active ingredients, but even then, probably would have to say No on this platform. Call and speak directly to the manufacturer.

No, defintely don't put olive oil in your cats ears - it won't kill the ear mites and may cause an infection. Get a product approved for ear mites. There are many over-the-counter products like this one: https://www.1800petmeds.com/Eradimite+Ear+Mite+Treatment-prod3311.html These have to be given multiple times and are fairly noxious to the cat. Your veterinarian will either have or be able to prescribe a one-time treatment like this one that works better and is far less noxious - they can also confirm that it is ear mites and not an infection which would need totally different medication so see your veterinarian: https://www.1800petmeds.com/MilbeMite+Otic+Solution-prod11966.html

Possibly, but so can MANY other things. Have your veterinarian check out the pup if it continues or worsens.