Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dear readers, There are very few reasons to take a rabbit or any pocket pet (small pets like rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc.) to ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Pet owners whose cat or dog may have ear mites could be part of a treatment study held out of a Decatur clinic. Leaders with the Northgate Pet Clinic said ear mites can cause ...

I've read that if a pet has ear mites, these mites can travel to bedding and furniture and potentially attach themselves to a human host. I also understand that you don't need your own pet to be at ...

Dear Dr. Fox: Our 2-year-old boxer spent a year in agony while vets tested for allergies, changed foods and prescribed all kinds of medications. We spent a couple thousand dollars at a “specialist” ...

Q: Do dogs get ear mites? How are they treated? A: We tend to associate ear mites with cats, but dogs (and ferrets) can and do get them, especially as puppies. Ear mites (Otodectes cynotis) are tiny ...

Q: My new kitten Nala has ear mites, for which my veterinarian prescribed treatment. I know from reading your column that some animal parasites also infect people. Can Nala’s ear mites jump to me?

There are very few reasons to take a rabbit or any pocket pet (small pets like rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc.) to the veterinarian; they do not need vaccinations. But one such condition is parasite ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: My new kitten Nala has ear mites, for which my veterinarian ...