Dooks and greetings from the bereaved Walsh Weasels --- we are missing Marky so, and Mommy is a bit of a mess, but we are helping her as best we can... She did smile a bit this morning when Dijon threw his favorite curlycue ball down into the potty pan, then went snorkeling after it... Those of you who know Dijon will understand this...!!! Ear mites! What nasty things! Have you tried oral Ivermectin ? Works like a charm!! The doses are very very small (best to have your Vet measure them out into a tuberculin syringe (without the needle head of course, and doses are based on weight , so be sure the filled syringes are labeled with the ferrets name so under- or overdosing can't occur)... administer the dose like you would any other oral med.... then in 14 days administer the second dose and mites should be gone... these doses are extremely inexpensive, are much easier to administer and follow thru with (whereas OTC meds or Tresaderm is a daily cumbersome and expensive process where success isn't necessarily guaranteed.) Also, if your Vet is reluctant to give oral Ivermectin for you to administer, it can also be administered in Office either orally or by injection by the Vet...but there is no reason why you cannot admin. at home as long as doses are correct for each Fuzzbutt... Successful treatment and inexpensive to boot... Don't you wish it could always be this way??? [Posted in FML issue 4830]