Re: Nina, ivermectin 4 earmites

[Wheezercat42]

I'm getting ready to do the ear mite annihilation thing myself again.  I use .1 ml Ivermectin and .9 ml water per adult injected, and with the few who are either very hard to inject or who have health problems that make me nervous about introducing more meds into their blood streams (I have two with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and get atenolol every day and baby aspirin every 3rd day, one of the two also has a seizure disorder and gets phenobarb for it twice a day, and I have another who has asthma and gets pred and aminophylline twice a day everyday) I use mineral oil instead of water (same amount) and use 1/2 ml per ear.  With little ones, I divide 1ml by 8 (pounds - average weight of an adult cat) and use that amount per pound - weighing the kitten before giving it - basically .25ml (total)/2 pounds.  I don't use it on kittens under 2 pounds as a rule, but if one had mites bad enough, I'd probably go with the appropriate dose of  the mineral oil mixture in their ears.