Human grade mineral oil should work well to smother the ear mites.

Put some on a cotton ball, push it into the ear and start wiping. When it gets too yucky, start again with a fresh oily cotton ball. With the kittens you might want to use Q-tips dipped in the oil, but be careful and gentle.

When you've finished cleaning, any oil that remains inside will continue to smother the new mites when they hatch.

If the cats are skittish, you might want to wrap them in a towel before you start oiling up their ears. Be sure to give a nice treat or snack when you're finished, so they associate the procedure with something good.

I didn't have mineral oil, I used olive oil and it worked great. LOTS of gunk to be cleaned out, and she got tired of that quickly, but she hasn't been scratching.

Thanks!

Olive oil should be fine, and I'm glad the procedure went so well.

You'll probably want to clean her ears out again in a few days, to get any remaining "gunk."

Okay, back to having the mites. I purchased a pesticide-based mite killer because the kittens are adopted and she isn't nursing. I did the drops last night but didn't get to clean as much as I wanted to, Amy REALLY had no interest in this activity as much as I did! I will use my husband to help pin her down tomorrow and get a good cleaning.

In another post I mention that she doesn't get along with my cats yet, which is maybe a good thing because she can't spread them to the others as easily!

Wrap her is a big towel with only her head sticking out. I hope she has her rabies shot, because if she bites you, she may have to be put down and tested for rabies and you may have to have shots.

Thanks for the sunshine, Vala. Yes, she has her shots.