Ear mites make a cat shake its head, scratch at its ears and leave that dark, coffee-ground debris behind. Clearing them takes a multi-week course - daily ear cleaning, the drops or topical your vet prescribed, and seeing it through past the point where the cat just seems better. PetHealthLog lets you track the whole course: log the cleaning, the doses, the recheck and whether the scratching is easing, so you finish the treatment and avoid a relapse. Free, no account, works offline.
Start tracking - it's freeEar mites are itchy and contagious, and the relief usually comes fast - within a couple of days of starting treatment a cat often stops scratching so much. The catch is that the mites themselves are not gone. Because eggs and different life stages have to be covered, the full course your vet sets typically runs for several weeks, and stopping early is one of the most common reasons the mites come straight back.
That gap - between the cat feeling better and the treatment actually being finished - is exactly where a record helps. A dated log of the daily cleaning and the doses keeps you on the full course instead of quietly stopping when the scratching eases, and gives your vet a clear picture at the recheck.
PetHealthLog is free, asks for no account and works offline, so each cleaning, dose and note lands in one place. By the recheck, you know the course was finished properly instead of guessing.
A treatment log only helps if it is quick to keep and matches the plan your vet gave you. Here is how PetHealthLog handles a cat's ear mite course.
Ear mite treatment runs over weeks, not days. A dated log lets you see where you are in the course so you carry it through to the end your vet set, instead of stopping when the cat seems comfortable again.
Cleaning out the debris helps the medication reach the ear and lets you see the discharge clearing. Tick each cleaning so the routine stays consistent and a skipped day is obvious.
Add the ear drops or spot-on your vet prescribed and tick each dose as you give it. A clear record means a missed dose is obvious, and the medication picture is right there for the next call.
Mark how much the cat is scratching, rubbing or shaking its head each day. That turns a vague sense of "I think it is better" into a real trend - and reminds you that easing symptoms are not the same as a finished course.
Keep the recheck date in view, and export a clean PDF of the cleaning, the doses and the day-by-day trend, so the follow-up conversation starts from a real record - not a guess.
Whether the problem is ear mites, the medication and the cleaning routine are your vet's department - but day to day, the work is usually wiping out the debris before the drops, settling a wriggly cat for the dose, and keeping the home and other pets in mind since mites spread easily. The everyday things owners reach for are a gentle cat ear cleaner and cotton pads for the debris, treats to make the daily handling easier, and a fresh round of bedding to wash during the course.
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The ear cleaning and the drops happen in the thick of a busy day, often with a squirming cat and not much patience to spare. The last thing that should stand between you and logging either one is a login screen or a dead signal.
PetHealthLog stores everything locally on your device. There is no account to create, nothing is uploaded to a server, and there is no tracking. It opens instantly, lets you mark a cleaning or a dose whether or not you are online, and keeps the data yours. You can export a backup any time and restore it on another phone.
Free, offline, and ready the moment you open it.
Start with PetHealthLogKeep every dose of the ear drops and any other medication on schedule in one place.
Another contagious, multi-week course - track the treatment and the cleaning until it clears.
Keep the flea and parasite prevention on schedule alongside the ear treatment.
Ear mites spread between pets - track every animal's treatment in one place if more than one needs it.
Keep the rest of your cat's preventive care and vaccine dates organised too.