| Re: ivermectin didn't help...?
A full treatment for mites is 3 applications done 7 days apart. For a severe case of mites, it often takes 5 or 6 treatments to get rid of them. How much ivermectin did you give? What was the pigs weight? If you didn't treat topically, how was the treatment applied?
If the mites are so severe that she bites at herself, you need to continue treating her, but make sure you are using the right dosage. She also might need some sort of pain medication until the ivermectin starts to work. Many vets will treat with injections of ivermectin, but sometimes don't follow through with a full 3 treatments at the appropriate time interval. And a vet might want to do a skin scrapping which causes pain for the pig and can show a negative when mites are actually present (don't let your vet do it!). |