purplebumble
Warren Veteran
Basically i need advice on how to clean our house to kill off ear mites in semi free ranging buns downstairs in a lounge with no carpet but lino.
I do not want to and cannot use an insectide cleaner. I have a steam cleaner....the tempersture is adjustable and its recommended by the allergy guys. I use it whenever fur mites show up or the odd flea....luckily weve not had either on any of the buns or cats for a long time.
Have no idea where the ear mites came from....only baxter is scratching...bluebell has a very mild case in one ear. The other buns live upstairs with no contact with downstairs buns.....the cats are caught in the middle but not one of them is showing ear mite sympoms.
wil the steam cleaner be ok....it is the only thing to penetrate a flea egg with the highest heat setting so i figure it should work with ear mites.
i am going to ask our vet if she is prepared to prescribe stronghold for all the buns and cats....even if they are symptom free rather than ear drops alone for the frenchies.
At least they will all be a non living zone for ear mites for one compete cycle. Adult mite to egg to adult mite takes about 3 weeks to complete the cycle so with stronghold ladting foyr weeks i figure its hopeful to eradicate the mites completely. Advice or input greatly appreciated!
I do not want to and cannot use an insectide cleaner. I have a steam cleaner....the tempersture is adjustable and its recommended by the allergy guys. I use it whenever fur mites show up or the odd flea....luckily weve not had either on any of the buns or cats for a long time.
Have no idea where the ear mites came from....only baxter is scratching...bluebell has a very mild case in one ear. The other buns live upstairs with no contact with downstairs buns.....the cats are caught in the middle but not one of them is showing ear mite sympoms.
wil the steam cleaner be ok....it is the only thing to penetrate a flea egg with the highest heat setting so i figure it should work with ear mites.
i am going to ask our vet if she is prepared to prescribe stronghold for all the buns and cats....even if they are symptom free rather than ear drops alone for the frenchies.
At least they will all be a non living zone for ear mites for one compete cycle. Adult mite to egg to adult mite takes about 3 weeks to complete the cycle so with stronghold ladting foyr weeks i figure its hopeful to eradicate the mites completely. Advice or input greatly appreciated!
