06/13/2026
Ticks!! Yes, we have them up here and always have had. What kind? I don’t know. 🤷🏻♀️
My Missy got at least 7 very quickly in the valley while hiking. All deep in her ears, none on her body.
The vet gave us Otomite plus to use in her ears. You can pick this up at the feed store.
However, even applying this every 7 days and doing it 3 times, the eggs have survived. These are what I found in her today (picture). They were tiny and sickly, but still attached and doing their damage.
I dipped a swab in 91% alcohol and massaged the back of the embedded ticks and they released and backed out of their own accord, legs flailing. I saturated them with the alcohol and they died.
To treat her ears naturally, to make them get out, I mixed the following:
1/4 cup warm water
1/4 cup peroxide
1 tsp 91% rubbing alcohol
I saturated cotton balls, inserted them into her years and massaged/squeezed them. (You might want to do this outside and step away as they shake it out).
I will continue to do this procedure and inspect them, using the cotton swab with alcohol if I can see them, until they are gone.
I will be increasing the natural oils and repellents, both topically and in her diet.
I hope this helps. Not medical advice, just what I’m doing for my Missy girl.
