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"Bill" wrote in message ... "Ron Herfurth" wrote in message ... "Marek Williams" wrote in message ... . . . Here are my questions -- 1) One of the things that sends him into ecstasy is if I stick my little finger into his ears while petting him and rub around in there. My finger comes out with brownish ear wax on it, but I suspect he has ear mites. If I look at the ear wax with a magnifying glass, would they be visible? If he has ear mites, what is a good treatment (over the counter, preferably, since we're not yet ready for the vet visit)? If your vet is like mine you'll get a small bottle of ear drops and a big bottle of blue cleaning liquid (simple refered to as blue stuff.) No matter what the vet says, use the blue stuff till most of the wax is gone then use the ear drops. The mites are down under the wax and the ear drops don't penetrate the wax so they can't kill the mites till the wax is gone. So you might persuade your vet to sell you a bottle of blue stuff with out taking Old George in. . . . There's also a product called Revolution that's supposed to kill ear mites, fleas, and ticks. You put the liquid behind the cat's neck where he can't lick it. It also kills fles and ticks, great stuff. I think you can only get it from a vet. The pricing is weird, $15 for each dose or 7 for $55 - that's a six pack plus one "free". Either way you kill the ear mites, the cat's ear will most likely continue to produce excess ear wax for a while. This means you need to clean the cat's ears yourself or take him to the vet to have it done. Naturally cats hate this procedure. I had a cat with with so much wax that it took the vet more than a dozen Qtips to get it all. Me and a tech were holding the poor guy and he was thumping his one free foot on the table. I think blue stuff 3 times a day for a week would have been more humane. ron One of my cats had an ear mite infection, so I know they quickly develop a sense of when you're going to clean their ears. Bill |
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Thanks to all who responded. As soon as I get the time (I've been
really swamped lately) I'll stop by a vet's office and see if I can get some Revolution. There are three vets within walking distance of my house, but getting there during office hours is difficult. In the meantime, he has now pooped once inside the house, and I think he peed again in the same general location as the first time. I tried the suggestion of putting some dirt on top of the litter, and I placed it in this area, but so far he has not used it. On the other hand, three incidents inside the house over a week or so is not that much. Clearly he is going outside most of the time. What bothers me is whether he really understands the idea of indoors vs outdoors. He has been a stray living outside most of his life. I guess I'll just have to ride with it a while to see how things develop. -- Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. |
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Thanks to all who responded. As soon as I get the time (I've been
really swamped lately) I'll stop by a vet's office and see if I can get some Revolution. There are three vets within walking distance of my house, but getting there during office hours is difficult. In the meantime, he has now pooped once inside the house, and I think he peed again in the same general location as the first time. I tried the suggestion of putting some dirt on top of the litter, and I placed it in this area, but so far he has not used it. On the other hand, three incidents inside the house over a week or so is not that much. Clearly he is going outside most of the time. What bothers me is whether he really understands the idea of indoors vs outdoors. He has been a stray living outside most of his life. I guess I'll just have to ride with it a while to see how things develop. -- Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. |
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in article , Marek Williams at
wrote on 9/21/03 7:06 PM: Thanks to all who responded. As soon as I get the time (I've been really swamped lately) I'll stop by a vet's office and see if I can get some Revolution. There are three vets within walking distance of my house, but getting there during office hours is difficult. In the meantime, he has now pooped once inside the house, and I think he peed again in the same general location as the first time. I tried the suggestion of putting some dirt on top of the litter, and I placed it in this area, but so far he has not used it. On the other hand, three incidents inside the house over a week or so is not that much. Clearly he is going outside most of the time. What bothers me is whether he really understands the idea of indoors vs outdoors. He has been a stray living outside most of his life. I guess I'll just have to ride with it a while to see how things develop. -- Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here. Please keep us posted. I've no doubt you can be successful, and I think he really will get the idea with the dirt in the box in that area. Karen |
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That is a very nice thing you did for George. Sounds like he may have
ear mites...You may want to take him to the vet as soon as possible. Especially if he is indoor/outdoor...he needs aids and leukemia preventions. The vet should be able to determine his age, or around it anyway. as far as littler box training him, it still can be done, my suggestion is to take his poop and put it in his box and show it to him. He will eventually get the idea...I hope i have been some help. I do work in a vet's office so maybe i can be more help eMiLy HeArTs LeJuAn!=A1!=A1! |
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That is a very nice thing you did for George. Sounds like he may have
ear mites...You may want to take him to the vet as soon as possible. Especially if he is indoor/outdoor...he needs aids and leukemia preventions. The vet should be able to determine his age, or around it anyway. as far as littler box training him, it still can be done, my suggestion is to take his poop and put it in his box and show it to him. He will eventually get the idea...I hope i have been some help. I do work in a vet's office so maybe i can be more help eMiLy HeArTs LeJuAn!=A1!=A1! |
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Another thing i meant to say was: I have 2 male cats and they peed on
everything!!!! It was horrible..but I stoped that by getting them fixed. It is a givin that an in-tact male cat will pee on your things and the litter box too. eMiLy HeArTs LeJuAn!=A1!=A1! |
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Another thing i meant to say was: I have 2 male cats and they peed on
everything!!!! It was horrible..but I stoped that by getting them fixed. It is a givin that an in-tact male cat will pee on your things and the litter box too. eMiLy HeArTs LeJuAn!=A1!=A1! |
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