my rats have mites!!

[Fireflyshuffle]

its quite terrible to know breeders keep them in such shocking conditions. ughhh it must drive them crazy. ive seen from a very well known breeder (cant say any names lol) that i used to buy frozen, had fleas alover them. Hence why i breed my own now. Thats another issue but jeeze lets hope we all dont come back rats or mice lol

 

[geckodan]

How does Ivermectin go with feeding to snakes? Anybody know?
Its recommended for de-bugging and de-worming in pet rats, also cattle etc. And since it has such a wide range of animals it treats would it hurt reptiles?
Id like to know for my pet rats sake, but i also want to treat the mice and theyre snake food.
Some of the big rodent breeders dont bother controlling mites, ive seen them all over the rats still when i defrost one.

As long as it was used at an appropriate dose in the rat it should be fine after a wittholding period of two weeks. The only Australian reptiles excessively sensitive to ivermectins are turtles.

 

[gazman]

hey everybody, just keeping you all posted about the mites my rats had.. so far all i have given my rats has been revolution for kittens! and its worked great!! a little costly but.... simple, effective, n no messing about! in a standard pack of 3 theres enough to do 20-25 rats.. just 1 drop on the back of there necks and there done!! will keep you up dated on their progress. thanks again to everybody that responded.

 

[bowdnboy]

good news.

Out of interest, whats the withholding period to feed to snakes for the revolution

 

[gazman]

not sure, im personally waiting for 1 month.. as ive already got rats in the freezer. i dont know either if it causes birth defects, i guess i'll find out in the next few days. i dont think it would.

 

[gazman]

well by the looks of things giving them revolution has caused no birth defects so far! i have 8 females that have already given birth to litters of between 15-20 with no 2headed babies, with more females due any day...

 

[bowdnboy]

hey Gazman, howd u go using this product.

How long did u withhold before feeding, and did you have any problems for the snakes

Cheers
Colby

 

[Sarah]

ivomectin sounds right i know its also given to ferrets to treat ear mites.