Ivermectin Dosing

Roxymarie365 · Oct 27, 2012

Hi everyone! We suspect that our pigs have mites, so we have Ivermectin. The only problem is that I don't think that we have a very accurate scale. It is not electronic, so I'm not sure if it is reliable enough. I've been very afraid to give the pigs Ivermectin because I have read some of the stories of overdosing. This is my scale, and the kind of ivermenctin that I have:
Is this scale accurate enough to use?
Is this type of ivermectin fine?

Thank you!

PS I will post my three pigs' weight in a little bit.

bpatters · Oct 27, 2012

That scale is fine -- it's the one I use.

And the ivermectin is fine also. But you'll need a 1 cc insulin syringe that has no needles to accurately measure the dose. Read https://www.guinealynx.info/ivermectin.html.

Please read those dosing instructions carefully, because that ivermectin is intended for a very large animal, and you're going to dilute it a LOT and give only a tiny bit to a small animal.

Roxymarie365 · Oct 27, 2012

bpatters said:
That scale is fine -- it's the one I use.

And the ivermectin is fine also. But you'll need a 1 cc insulin syringe that has no needles to accurately measure the dose. Read https://www.guinealynx.info/ivermectin.html.

Please read those dosing instructions carefully, because that ivermectin is intended for a very large animal, and you're going to dilute it a LOT and give only a tiny bit to a small animal.

Thank you!!!

Roxymarie365 · Oct 27, 2012

Will this work? It doesn't have a needle, and it goes up to 6 ml/cc.

@bpatters

bpatters · Oct 27, 2012

No, that's a 5cc syringe, and you're going to be measuring just a few tenths of one CC. You need one the size of an insulin syringe. If you tell a pharmacy that you want it for dosing an animal, they might give you one.

Lovecraft · Oct 27, 2012

If there is an American Science and Surplus or other similar supply store near you, they sometimes sell tiny syringes (without needles) no questions asked. That's where I got mine.

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