Conditions: Possible mites, would this be acceptable treatment?

[distancel]

The girls have started acting strangely the past few days, there has been no hair loss but some scratching. And they complain very loudly if I touch their skin. And kind of lie on their sides and twitch which Buffy had done before when I first got her but when she went for a vet checkup I was told she was fine.

I'm going to take them to the vet as soon as I can (probably Wednesday if I can get an appointment, I don't get paid till then, this has really happened at a bad time since it was 'bill week').

I was just wondering if this would be suitable treatment if need be? Just in case I can't get them booked in, I don't want them suffering. I hate the thought of them having to wait until Wednesday as it is.

Equimec Broad Spectrum Worming Paste. Incl Ivermectin - eBay, Other Horse Riding, Horse Riding, Sport. (end time 13-Nov-09 15:22:18 AEDST)

I know that ivermectin is the treatment for mites but this was the only one I could find in Australia.

Just fyi, I checked with the last vet I took Buffy along to when I first saw her having a fit, and they told me they were experienced with guinea pigs. However, this time I am going to take them to a different vet which was recommended to me by a friend who has piggies. So hopefully they will actually treat this problem which I thought had gone away, but she did it again tonight :(

[vicky2]

Yes, you can use the horse paste version. Just follow the guidelines on guinealynx and you should be good.
http://www.guinealynx.info/ivermectin_products.html

[JD In Van]

Just double check the concentration! It's differant in differant countries.

[distancel]

Thanks heaps for your help guys. Hopefully I can get them to the vet before I need to dose them myself anyway, but best to be prepared I thought. Because they haven't had any hair loss but the weird twitching 'fits' are very worrying.