WHAT IS IT?
This amazing, over 100 year old formula is made up of ingredients that are carefully balanced to help battle ear mites
The main ingredient is Iodoform which has a very distinctive medical smell that helps to discourage the mites. Boric is also one of the ingredients which acts as an effective antiseptic to help with the damage that may be caused through the animal constantly scratching. Zinc oxide is also added as a drying and curing agent that helps irritation and to stop the itch cycle.
All of the balanced ingredients of Thornit are mixed together and ground down to a powder as finely as possible to help you with easy administration.
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Mites are often picked up in the grass which are dropped by foxes. Mites can cause severe itching in the ears, feet and around your pets bottom, and Thornit really works! There are no antibiotics in Thornit so it can be used perfectly safely whilst also saving yourself a fortune on vet bills! It also helps against mites with a weekly treatment of Thornit. Don't forget that a little Thornit goes a LONG way.
If you have a breed that you need to pluck the hair from inside the ear, just dust with thornit and its makes the hair come away so easily. Two jobs in one, keeps the ear canal free from hair helping to prevent infections and prevents ear mites too. The Thornit that we supply is the original formula and is made and produced by Miss P Bett's original Thornit Ltd company.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR PET HAS MITES
EARS
The more usual forms are brownish waxy scabs inside the ears. These are caused by the mites chewing the ear. The scabs can be dry or weep slightly causing a smell.
The other type is much more offensive and smells of gangrene while discharging globs of puss.
In both cases the SYMPTOMS are scratching, head shaking, rubbing of ears on the floor and general distress. There can be red sores, imflammation and blood clots caused by constant scratching. The standard treatment of drops and antibiotics provided by vets gives only temporary relief.
If you feel your pet has mites, do NOT Clean out the ears and do not remove the wax before you dust the ear with thornit as under normal circumstances, powder should not be put into the ears and the wax acts as a cork. TREATMENT Just apply a pinch of powder and lightly dust around the innder ear avoiding the ear hole. Gently massage in with your fingers from the outside. Apply twice a day if your pet is infected and continue for 1-5 DAYS. Immediate relief comes with the first dose. When the brown wax starts to move, stop the treatment as this means the mite is dead. You can then gently clean out the ear.
DUST WEEKLY TO PREVENT REINFESTATION.
ANUS
If your pet is pulling its bottom on the floor and it is not a gland problem, then mites may be breeding under the tail. TREATMENT Just apply a tiny amount of cream to your finger and dip in the thornit, then apply just below the tail.
PAWS
Mites can get between the toes, causing your pet to lick constantly and nibble into their paws making them extremely sore. TREATMENT Put a little bit of thornit into a clear plastic bag, put your dog's paw into the bag and shake. Work the thornit between the toes, pads and a little way up the leg.
ALL OVER BODY INTENSE SCRATCHING
An Australian vet has isolated a mite that transfers itself into the scurf on the body. The mite is extremely tiny and vets can find nothing wrong, even with skin scrapings and give the dog a clean bill of health. Shampooing is useless. TREATMENT Simply dust thornit lightly onto the skin and for dogs with longer coats, just part the hair with a comb and feed a trickle onto the skin.