Recurring mites?

[doodlecountry]

I treated all 5 of my girls for mites with Advantage for cats about two months ago. After doing so, I didn’t clean their fleece in the cage until about a day after.
I see them scratch still but I’m not sure if they still have mites. If they do, should I treat with ivermectin and change their fleece immediately after treatment?

 

[Swissgreys]

I think it depends on the treatment you use and the type of mites to be honest.
What type of mites did the the vet diagnose?

When one of my piggies had mites they were all treated, and the full course was actually 3 separate doses at intervals of around 8 days.
Of course I did was the fleeces during this time, but i don't recall the timing of that to be critical to their recovery.

 

[doodlecountry]

I think it depends on the treatment you use and the type of mites to be honest.
What type of mites did the the vet diagnose?

When one of my piggies had mites they were all treated, and the full course was actually 3 separate doses at intervals of around 8 days.
Of course I did was the fleeces during this time, but i don't recall the timing of that to be critical to their recovery.

He didn’t diagnose the type. I noticed my girls had notes to begin with because one of my girls scratched her ears until there were itty bitty scans on her ear. The advantage seemed to help because it never got that bad since, but I feel like they still itch.

 

[VickiA]

You would do as well to get a vet to diagnose whether it is mange mites or fungal or something else and to prescribe the relevant treatment at the correct dosage. Usually if mites treatment is prescribed you need 3 full courses. One to kill the live mites, second to kill off the eggs that have survived and hatch and third to kill anything brave enough to hang in through the first 2 rounds of treatment.