Re: Can't Get Mites off Cats

[Guest guest]

I have had luck with my rats using several tactics. I bath them every day in water apple cider vinegar and wash them in tea tree bar soap. I condition them with pet conditioner and use the lice comb. Then after I have dried them completely I put DE on them. De is in their litter which is changed every day. They are on Ivermec and I have sheered them. This combo seems to be doing the trick on top of my environmental regiment. One thing to take into account, nothing will stop it if the source is still there.J.From: buggeredbymites <buggeredbymites@...>Subject: Can't Get Mites off Catsbird mites Date:

Monday, November 24, 2008, 9:28 PM

You guys really know your mites here. My monster is some kind of bird

mite that migrated from a nest off my balcony - Northern Fowl, I'm

guessing. My question is, how do I get these damn things off my cats?

Already tried Revolution. Also tried DeFlea and sulfur dip, but these

remedies only keep them clear for a day. Do I need to get my cats out

of my house until the bird mites are eliminated from the home? I want

to do what's best for the cats.

-Buggered

[Guest guest]

This is an awful mess when you have pets, kitties in particular, as

they dont appreciate being treated at all.

After battling for almost 6 months, I found a vet (actually at the

humane society) who actually listened to me.

They set up a quarantine at another vet clinic, and my little dog and

cat stayed there for a month, with revolution, ivermectin, sulfur

dips, and the quarantine was sprayed daily with bleach.....the vets

were very very good.

Unforuntately we were still battling the mites at home so we ended up

rehoming our beloved pets to an old neighbor who was willing to take

the risk, after speaking with the vet in depth.

Our pets are leading a very spoilt life, and they definately were

free and clear of mites because of careful quarantine that the vet

set in place.

This may be an option for you, if you reach a point where you feel

like the mites are just circling back and forth....for every person

or animal living in an environment, it seems to just make it that

much harder to get rid of this

but you will do it

z

p.s. J, I like what you are doing with your rat babys, sounds very

thorough and fool proof!

[Guest guest]

Thanks Z. To be honest I thought about boarding them for a while. But I just can't bring myself to do it. Pan came back from his last surgery and he has never been the same. We only left him a day for removal of a cancer. He has gone from flowers and sunshine to jelous and teritorial. Probaly because his brother did not go through the same issues. We can no longer have them in the sme cage and mommy and me times are seperate. It is sad I got them together so they could have a friend and this whole mess absesses surgery and bugs has just lead them to grow appart. I thought about only keeping one. But I can't do that either. I love them both the same and for differant qualities. I need to help them get through this and to be honest I would rather be the one that tourchers them and then gives them treats for putting up with me then have a stranger do it.

Maybe one day they will understand that ll this riggid care was really just to help them out.

J.

From: zmooks <zuleikahwalker@...>Subject: Re: Can't Get Mites off Catsbird mites Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 9:23 AM

This is an awful mess when you have pets, kitties in particular, as they dont appreciate being treated at all.After battling for almost 6 months, I found a vet (actually at the humane society) who actually listened to me.They set up a quarantine at another vet clinic, and my little dog and cat stayed there for a month, with revolution, ivermectin, sulfur dips, and the quarantine was sprayed daily with bleach.....the vets were very very good. Unforuntately we were still battling the mites at home so we ended up rehoming our beloved pets to an old neighbor who was willing to take the risk, after speaking with the vet in depth.Our pets are leading a very spoilt life, and they definately were free and clear of mites because of careful quarantine that the vet set in place.This may be an option for you, if you reach a point where you feel like the mites are just circling back and forth....for

every person or animal living in an environment, it seems to just make it that much harder to get rid of thisbut you will do itzp.s. J, I like what you are doing with your rat babys, sounds very thorough and fool proof!

[Guest guest]

If boarding them somewhere and getting them treated is an option for

you, that might be best. I have two cats and boarding them was not an

option. I treated them with various things. At the height of the

infestation, I powdered them heavily with food grade diatomaceous

earth every few days. I also treated them with Frontline and

Revolution -- Frontline for the female and Revolution for the male. I

gave them colloidal silver for several weeks. I'm not sure if the

silver helped the mite situation, but I think it improved their

overall health and caused their waste matter to not stink anymore.

The male cat seemed to have more mites than the female, and when I saw

him scratching a lot, I sprayed Cedarcide ( " Best Yet Insect Spray) on

the back of his head and along his spine, then rubbed it into his skin

as best I could. I tried soaking the cats with Cedarcide at first,

but I don't think that was any more effective than spraying it along

the spine. Lately, the cats seem okay except sometimes I see them

biting at their feet, which is my clue that I need to vacuum and clean

their bedding. We don't have many mites in the home environment, and

the cats had cat mites before the bird mite infestation, only now I'm

more sensitive to their scratching and biting whereas before I would

mostly ignore it.

If you are going to keep them in the house with you, be sure they have

a mite-free place to sleep. I have many large plastic storage bins in

my home, and the cats like to sleep on top of those. I also bought

microfiber baby blankets for them to sleep on, because the microfiber

does not get infested, however it does need to be soaked and washed

often. It can be vacuumed between washings.

Also, be sure that their water bowls are not mite-accessible,

providing a water supply for the mites. You can put the water bowls

on plates, and spray the plates with Orange Guard, or some other

non-toxic and sticky bug killer.

myrtle

bird mites , " buggeredbymites " <buggeredbymites@...>

wrote:

>

> You guys really know your mites here. My monster is some kind of bird

> mite that migrated from a nest off my balcony - Northern Fowl, I'm

> guessing. My question is, how do I get these damn things off my cats?

> Already tried Revolution. Also tried DeFlea and sulfur dip, but these

> remedies only keep them clear for a day. Do I need to get my cats out

> of my house until the bird mites are eliminated from the home? I want

> to do what's best for the cats.

> -Buggered

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Myrtle, thanks for the advice. these damn things get into water

bowls? Plastic storage bins I can do. Where do you get microfiber? Do

you think sulfur dips work? Also, is it ok to let them sleep on my bed

with me? I've got the mattress wrapped in plastic, but I'm worried

about their mites getting into my bedding - or vice versa. this really

sucks.

> >

> > You guys really know your mites here. My monster is some kind of bird

> > mite that migrated from a nest off my balcony - Northern Fowl, I'm

> > guessing. My question is, how do I get these damn things off my cats?

> > Already tried Revolution. Also tried DeFlea and sulfur dip, but these

> > remedies only keep them clear for a day. Do I need to get my cats out

> > of my house until the bird mites are eliminated from the home? I want

> > to do what's best for the cats.

> > -Buggered

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Just repeating that I massaged Cedarcide into Cat for about 5 minutes,

then lightly shampooed her. She was sick, no appetite, barely moving,

for 2 days. So exercise caution, in spite of the website claims.

ES

> > >

> > > You guys really know your mites here. My monster is some kind of

bird

> > > mite that migrated from a nest off my balcony - Northern Fowl, I'm

> > > guessing. My question is, how do I get these damn things off my

cats?

> > > Already tried Revolution. Also tried DeFlea and sulfur dip, but

these

> > > remedies only keep them clear for a day. Do I need to get my cats

out

> > > of my house until the bird mites are eliminated from the home? I

want

> > > to do what's best for the cats.

> > > -Buggered

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I bought the microfiber baby blankets at Ross Dress for Less. It's a

discount store that buys extra stuff from department stores. You can

get the baby blankets for about $5 there. It's possible that fabric

stores sell microfiber, I haven't looked.

I know nothing about sulfur dips, but I think some people have done

that and it helped. Zmooks might know something about cat treatments.

It would probably be better for the cats to sleep away from you. I'm

guessing that you're the primary mite host, and you're probably

intesting them more than they are infesting you. That was the case

with me anyway. However, I let my spoiled kitties sleep with me

because I raised them from infants (still had their umbilical cords

stuck to them when I found them in a ditch) and they are very attached

to me. My cats suffered along with me throughout the ordeal, but

never got unhappy, depressed, or bent out of shape like I did. I

doubt if they remember anything.

After I dumped my mattress, I got a nice air mattress, but the cats

punctured it with their claws, so now I sleep on a camping cot.

myrtle

> > >

> > > You guys really know your mites here. My monster is some kind of

bird

> > > mite that migrated from a nest off my balcony - Northern Fowl, I'm

> > > guessing. My question is, how do I get these damn things off my

cats?

> > > Already tried Revolution. Also tried DeFlea and sulfur dip, but

these

> > > remedies only keep them clear for a day. Do I need to get my

cats out

> > > of my house until the bird mites are eliminated from the home? I

want

> > > to do what's best for the cats.

> > > -Buggered

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I agree. You need to be careful not to put too much Cedarcide on the

cat. When I use it, I only spray it on the backs of their heads and

down their spines, then massage it into their skin. They tend to lick

everything off their fur, and I don't think it's good for them to

swallow the Cedarcide.

myrtle

> > > >

> > > > You guys really know your mites here. My monster is some kind of

> bird

> > > > mite that migrated from a nest off my balcony - Northern Fowl, I'm

> > > > guessing. My question is, how do I get these damn things off my

> cats?

> > > > Already tried Revolution. Also tried DeFlea and sulfur dip, but

> these

> > > > remedies only keep them clear for a day. Do I need to get my cats

> out

> > > > of my house until the bird mites are eliminated from the home? I

> want

> > > > to do what's best for the cats.

> > > > -Buggered

> > > >

> > >

> >

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