My puppy has severe ear mites. What to do if I can't get to a vet?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 5 months and 18 days old | 15 lbs
I believe my puppy has ear mites. I do not know how to go about this exactly as it seems severe. I tried to clean her ears with an antibacterial wet wipe (for the time being since I do not have transportation to a vet) but she got very annoyed. What do you reccomend I do?
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Published on December 19th, 2019
Unfortunately, ear mites are treated with a prescription from your vet, and your vet will need to confirm mites by looking at the ears under a scope. If you can't get to your vet, seeing if one does house call services, or getting a friend to give you a ride is best. Ear mites can be transmitted back and forth between pets as well, so if you have more that one pet, treating everyone at once can help ensure they are taken care of. Keeping the ears clean and dry and preventing Daisy from scratching at them can also help until you can get to your vet.
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Published on August 7th, 2017
First of all you need to make sure it is ear mites, this means taking neo to the vet, they will take a small swab from his ears and look under the microscope, if it is mites, it cannot be missed, but there are other things that could cause ear infections such as yeast and bacterias which are actually more common than ear mites. If it is earmites after all, i recommend either Revolution spot on or advocate spot on - both every 2 weeks (instead of 4) for 2 treatments, that should solve the ear mite problem.
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