one of my cats keeps scratching round her neck and its driving me nuts   she has been de-fleaed although I have never seen a flea on her.  Occasionally I have to pull ticks of her but not that often.  I just had a look round her neck and she has a few scabby lumps, one of which is bleeding so she must have knocked the scab off.  Does anyone know if this could be mites ? and is there a treatment without having to take her to the vets ?

could be mites....could try pet store for treatment.  Not sure if rabbit mites are the same with the same treatment though.  and don't know of anything sold at PAH for cat's with mites...

could well be rabbit mites, she spends enough time hunting them !

Well if cats can get rabbit mites then PAH do a mite spray (look in small animal section) and that should work.  Otherwise maybe other pet shops will have advise....or it's a trip to the vets

Cats are very prone to Cheyletiella mites and that gievs exactly the symptoms you describe. By far the best treatment for this is Ivermectin but that needs to come from a vet as it isn't actually licensed for cats. It can be tricky to get rid of otherwise and can also spread to people sometimes, and to dogs, although i tseems some indviduals get it and others do not.

The other possibilties is an allergy or ringworm -you really ought to get her checked by a vet to find out what is what.

pants, I was just about to change her insurance over :rolleyes:

I will get her to the vet.

I believe Frontline spray covers the rabbit mite but Frontline drops don't?

I might pick up some spray from the vets as ive run out of drops anyway. 

It is probably best as mentioned already to take the cat to the vets to get it checked out. A simple tape strip/skin scrape. Although cheyetiella could be a possibility you usually see what looks like dandruff that moves within the fur...this is actually the mite. In dogs you would be consider sarcoptes and demodex..but they rarely occur in cats.Id be more suspicious of an allergy. But get checked out by vet to be on safe side.

MunsterSue wth Cheyletiella in cats you do NOT normally see any dandruff, the typical signs are litle scabs around the face and along the back. I've seen it many times and there has never been any dandruff.

Stronghold is good but only available from the vets.  My dog is being treated with it at the moment for Sarcoptes and its brilliant stuff. :-)

I was talking from my experience of the mite. Last year we had numerous cats, dogs and rabbits through our doors that showed the classic 'walking dandruff' symptoms and was later confirmed by our in-house lab technician.

Benzyl benzoate works well for cheyletiella in dogs.  I don't know if it's suitable for use on cats.