https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/14354/hamster-scabby-ears Last week i saw a hamster belonging to a very polite 8yr old girl which had the most horribly scabby ears: Her equally polite father informed me he didn&#39;t want to spend much money on Rosie the hamster so I applied an ivermectin spot on and arrangeden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/83180?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:04:58 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:0c774c5a-f406-4a74-b27b-5515cd15f1f5Tamsin Livermore<p>Thanks, that was my initial thought but was worried by the spread to toes etc! I agree about the Woods lamp... I am locuming but will definitely suggest it!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/83178?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:15:01 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:37b56dc3-cfc0-4307-ad3f-0a2f9aa5371eGillian Mostyn<p>It is classic notoedres - just be sure that it isn&#39;t improving - you often find dead mites in the skin make the situation worse before it gets better.</p> <p>However, if it is getting worse, and in the abscence of any diagnostics at all (<img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Angry_smiley.png" alt="Angry" />b****y owners), I would use do a trial with steroids and baytril to cover the other 2 possibles- autoimmune and bacterial infection.&nbsp; </p> <p>By the way, UV lamps are very cheap so there is really no excuse not to have one! <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Happy" /></p> <p><a target='_blank' target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-violet-light-torch-Blacklight/dp/B000JU0MQS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1360696374&amp;sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-violet-light-torch-Blacklight/dp/B000JU0MQS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1360696374&amp;sr=8-1</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>