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Natural Ways To Remove Ear Mites In Dogs

4/13/2018

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Is your dog shaking and scratching its head? My dear Nala was. I knew it was not fleas. But she keep itching behind her ears. In the past some of our German Shepherds had ear mites and once I looked into her ears I knew what she had.
Ear mite is when a dog has Otodectes cynotis (parasite infection) ​in the ear canal. These tiny eight-legged parasites can cause pain, inflammation, and irritation.

Ear Mites Symptoms

  • Itching: The first sign of an ear mite infestation may be your dog scratching his head.
  • Black or brown waxy secretion
  • Strong odor
  • Inflammation

How to treat Ear Mites

  1. Visit your veterinarian to make sure your dog does not have an ear infection on top of the ear mites
  2. Let your veterinarian complete a thorough ear cleaning.
  3. Our vet recommended a solution (Ear mite pesticides) to be used for 7-10 days.
  4. ​Clean your dog'e ears with a natural solution: 1 teaspoon baking soda mixed in 1 cup warm water. Rub a cotton ball soaked in that mixture on your dog’s ears. ​
  5. You can also try to clean ears with white vinegar and warm oil.  I would say to be very careful with vinegar if your dog has scratches on its ear. (1 tablespoon of white vinegar and  2 tablespoons of warm water).
  6. Almond oil or castor oil have worked wonders with Nala. (Dab a  cotton ball with almond oil. Clean your dog’s ear flaps with it).
  7. Coconut oil has also been helpful. (1 tablespoon of extra virgin coconut oil mixed with ½ a tablespoon of olive oil).

Prevention of Ear Mites

To make sure the ear mites do not return make sure to do a routine ear cleaning once a month. That can inhibit the presence of ear mites and re-infestation. 

​Here are some of the products we have used to treat ear mites at home.If you decide to buy any of the products below to treat your dog's ear mite using my affiliated links, you will be supporting the journey with our rescued dogs.
9 Comments
Donna Jacoby
4/14/2018 12:22:09 pm

Thank you for sharing. I like to find natural ways to help people and animals whenever possible and not rely on medications unless necessary.

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My Life is a Journey
4/15/2018 02:18:43 pm

Thanks for reading. I love using natural remedies both in my family and my fury babies. I do not like putting chemicals on them.

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Anamilena Cardenas
4/15/2018 02:14:16 pm

Your dog is so cute. I am going to try the coconut oild because I have that at home right now.

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My Life is a Journey
4/15/2018 02:19:45 pm

Consistency for a week on cleaning the ears and applying the coconut oils is they key. Good luck, let us know if it helps your dog.

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Denise
9/14/2022 03:23:33 pm

I add 1 drop off tea tree oil to 10 drops of coconut oil too. It helps stop reinfestation I would my dogs East daily with this solution but just do a coin buds into the solution and go down into the ear canal after wiping the East glad and other areas first. If necessary use another cotton bud soaked in the solution. I also use a pipette to put drops of the oil into the ear canal. I do this for seven days and then once a month to make sure there ear mites don't return.

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Rena Suarez
4/16/2018 09:41:24 am

I did not know about the oil. We tried vinegar but I could not stand the vinegar smell. Thanks for sharing

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Antonio
4/17/2018 09:00:37 am

So much information. Thank you for sharing your experience. I will take my dog to the vet and then trying to use some natural remedies

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Susan Kumor
6/27/2019 11:59:41 am

I am a true believer for oils will try this for my two babies (yorkie and bull dog), and thank you!

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My life is a journey
6/27/2019 06:06:04 pm

Good luck, the castor oil really worked for my dogs

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