I know- I worry about the OTC cleaners sold at the pet store. That's why I liked the stuff given to me by Monkee's vet b/c it was the same Rx med my mom used for her problem ears. And I read the ingredients and it's NOT alcohol! Which, I believe most of the OTC cleaners are (what I call the "old school" "blue" colored cleaner-- I think it's practically all rubbing alcohol- and Monkee's vet would have killed me before he let me use that in Monk's wax-plagued ears!). And while I clean my own ears with rubbing alcohol, I just don't want to use anything too harsh on these little stressed babies. I am sure I stressed them a tad too much last night with the initial ear cleaning, so I'd like to give them a break a little. Plus, I don't know what all is going on in the one kitten's ear (the worst one)- it could be more than just mites (I need to get a better look once I get it cleared out more), so until I determine it's time to head to the vet, I don't want to the "treatment to be worse that the disease."
-Caroline
From: Kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Ear Cleaner for Kittens
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:38:54 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
>Good for you Caroline!
>
>You can also try mineral oil - put half an eyedropperful in each ear,
>mush it around (technical term here) by massaging around the outside of
>the ears and then let them shake it out or mop it up with a cotton ball.
>Don't use any essential oils (bad for cats) and be careful if you have any
>over the counter ear cleaning solutions - even those made for pets. I got
>some pre-moistened ear cleaning pads from Drs Foster & Smith only to find
>out it contains salicylic acid (a derivative of aspirin) which is also a
>no-no for cats. <sigh>
>
>Kat (Mew Jersey)
>
>On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Rosenfeldt, Diane wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:26:17 -0500
> > From: "Rosenfeldt, Diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: Ear Cleaner for Kittens
> >
> > Yay for you, Caroline!
> >
> > How about starting with olive oil and see how that does? That's the
> > "sweet oil" used to clean human ears (as I discovered long after
> > investing in a teeny bottle of sweet oil ;-)).
> >
> > Diane R.
> >
>
>
>
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