While demodex mites are rarer in cats than in dogs, they do exist and can make your cat miserable. Read on to learn more about demodex mites in cats, including how cats can become infected and sig ...

They do not burrow deeply into the inner ear, which makes them easier to treat, but they do have the ability to make your dog extremely uncomfortable. Another potential offender is the demodex mite.

Keep your skin healthy, and pores clean — you never know when these mites are up partying Demodex face mites eat skin oils (sebum) and live inside your hair follicles and sebaceous glands.

Dr. Alejandra Perotti, who studies Demodex mites at the University of Reading in the UK, explains the biology of Demodex mites, which live in the pores, eat, mate, and lay eggs. In 1841 ...