Cats with the dry form don’t accumulate fluid in their body cavities, but they often have abnormalities of the eyes or nervous system. Other clinical signs depend on which organs are affected.

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: We took Jake, our 10-week-old pit bull, to the veterinarian ...

Otherwise known as demodectic mange, this mite is common in young dogs but also occasionally a problem for cats and humans. The demodex mite is an eight-legged parasite (technically an arachnid ...

Q: We took Jake, our 10-week-old pit bull, to the veterinarian because he has very little hair and scratches almost constantly, even though we see no fleas. The vet said Jake has Demodex mites and ...

Demodex mites are tiny eight-legged parasites that mostly live in hair follicles and oil glands on your face, neck, or chest. As alarming as this may sound, they’re generally harmless.

Demodex blepharitis treatment goals include: eradicating the adult mites and their offspring, prevention of further mating, avoiding re-infestation and alleviating the patient’s symptoms.

Most of the 60 or so other Demodex species reside on other mammals, such as Demodex canis, which lives on dogs. "The mites are about 0.3 to 0.4 mm so it would take about 5 of them to fit on a pin ...

If you're grossed out by the idea that tiny relatives of scorpions are living in the pores of your nose, you're not alone. But everybody's got Demodex mites, a study finds. And they're kind of cute.