Canada Where to find Ivermectin?

[Deenanicole08]

I'm not sure, I've never had a mite or lice problem before so I haven't treated mine for it.

 

[piggyluv]

Thanks. I've found that I just need to dose twice as much for the 0.5% than the 1%. I'm going to weigh my piggie to get the most accurate weight possible then give him the Ivermectin. Oh, and I spent some time looking over the site, and I think it's wonderful! It even has references to guinea lynx and here.

 

[Mealie]

i know what it's a treatment for, but what I was asking is how do you know your pig has mites? If they are scartching or losing hair that doesn't definitely mean they have mites. There are several other things it can be. You need a skin scrape to diagnose mites. This is why your veterinarian wants to see you. We treat several guinea pigs at my practice and we see a lot of fungal infections, and bacterial infections- all with the same symptoms of itching, alopecia, and eventually redness to the skin. It won't hurt if you give ivermectin and it isn't mites, unless you overdose. If you do end up having to give ivermectin, you may want to ask your veterinarian if they can add flavoring to it- we do with ours and the guinea pigs are much more eager to take it! We also see a lot of sucess with advantage multi on pigs w/ demodex- however doesn't do much for pigs with scabies (those are the two kinds of mange mites; another reason to skin scrape; make sure you are treating for the right one). I hope this helps you.

 

[AnimalHouse36]

You don't orally feed it. You place it behind the ear.

If I remember correctly if you do a skin scrape you have to be certain that something is on it. You can't just do a random skin scrape or it will come out negative.

You don't need to see a vet for a mites diagnoses. It's unnessacary. Yes, it could be other things but if yuo look at the symptoms on guinea lynx (http://www.guinealynx.info/fungus.html) you should be able to tell the difference. I know an overdose could happen but if you follow the directions on guinea lynx its highly unlikly.

 

[piggyluv]

I agree with AnimalHouse. Skin scrapings are painful and unreliable, many vets don't do it anymore. I'm going to topically dose. I'm almost certain he has mites, and it won't hurt him if he doesn't. I also read through the guinea lynx website, and read about fungus and the other medical conditions, and the symptoms for mange mites are the symptoms he has. I'm sure he doesn't have a fungal infection.

 

[Mealie]

well, good luck

 

[piggyluv]

Thank you.