ivermectin

I just adopted two guinea pigs from a home that had too many. They are about 3 months old, sisters. This is the first time they're away from their mom and brother. I want to take care of them perfectly and have so many questions but no one to ask. these are my first Guinea pigs. The cage I was...

Hello, I just applied some 1% ivermectin on my guinea pig the bottle says two drops for her weight but as I was squeezing out the drops a lot more come out than needed. I dont even know how much but I tried to wipe it off with a wet towel but I’m really panicky right now and feel so bad. Is she...

Hi, Just have to be Christmas Eve to find lice on my guinea pigs. My two are 3 and half years old rescue, Squeak and Butterscotch. They love each other and sleep together and I am sure the recent rescue may have transferred it to the other. We have a small microscope and I have caught an...

i have a guinea pig named Dove he had very bad mites, and was also having seizures. He’s finished his ivermectin treatment and is feeling much better, he has no sores and his fur is growing back also no seizures. When is he able to go back to my other guinea pigs? Here is a before and after pic:

I’ve kept guinea pigs for three years now. I started off with two long hairs (Pebbles and Pretzel) and a year later added another (Pip). I’ve had Pip for two years now and when I’d not had her for very long I thought she had some kind of mite. The older piggies are blonde and grey/brown but Pip...

Hi everyone, been a while posting here - always seems to be when something is wrong! (I am so grateful for this forum in times of need!) So I had to take my 5yr old sow Jessie to the after hours vet this eve, after she hadn't eaten for nearly 3 hours. Noticed she was in need of a good bum wash a...

Hi Can anyone tell me if treatment for mites will make the skin look worse before it gets better? My two boys are on a 4 week course of Ivermectin injections at the vets. They had the first one on Thursday but their skin is looking far worse than it did prior to treatment. Is this to be...

Hi, I am looking for some advice please. I have two boars who have always been quite itchy with frequent scratching/biting. Both my boys are scratching a lot and have dry skin. I have noticed patches of dry/flaky skin in Fred’s back which looks sore, hair was also coming out with flakes of dead...

Hello! So I have been prescribed ivermectin for my 5 guinea pigs (1 who is new and had her first dose at the vet, isolating before being introduced). Advice on how the process goes? Do I apply ivermectin before or after deep cleaning everything? How many doses should I apply to my 4 adult...

Hello! We are due to treat little Bobby with his second ivermectin treatment on Wednesday. Our vet told us to put all of the treatment onto his neck, but being a big boy he has a lot of treatment and ends up very wet! The packaging says to put the treatment down his spine as well but I am...

Hello, first post here. This is in regards to my newest pig, Faye. We found Faye on Gumtree, she was well into her pregnancy and her other cagemates were picking on her so the owners decided to sell her. I have been keeping piggies for twelve years and have bought in plenty of pregnant pigs so I...

Hi, I’m new to the forum and wanted to create a post to seek help regarding my piggie, Ralph. He has had these tiny dots in his fur for almost a year now. I believe they are static mites, as they do not appear to move and are not causing hair loss/skin problems. However, Ralph is constantly...

I treated all 5 of my girls for mites with Advantage for cats about two months ago. After doing so, I didn’t clean their fleece in the cage until about a day after. I see them scratch still but I’m not sure if they still have mites. If they do, should I treat with ivermectin and change their...

I have just treated all 5 of my guinea pigs with Revolution as the vet has given us for mites. It wasn't a serious case, but I had noticed more itching than usual. Otherwise, no other serious symptoms. However, I put them back in the cage with their original fleece before they were treated...

Hey guys, So for the past several weeks, one of my pigs has been super itchy, to the point where there are open wounds on his back and he has ‘seizures’ out of the itching. He now has white dandruff-like residue in his fur and there are little chunks of hair pulled out from the follicle in his...

Hi, Max is my first piggy and the vet advised to put ivermectin on the back of his neck. The vet has given me 5 pipettes which led for Max having a wet patch from the back of his neck to the top of his back. He can reach the wet patch when he scratches. Can it be dangerous to him? Can I pet...

I wanted to buy Ivermectin for a while now for my guinea pigs. I just got a new one and it looks like she has dry skin and therefore mites probably. I want to buy Ivermectin from Ebay. Can somebody send me a link to what I should look for or which one is recommended?

Hey guys, I'm about to do a spot-on treatment on my piggies for mange mites/lice. I have the Ivermectin, I've got my dosages all sorted out and ready to go, my only question is placement. I've administered topical spot-on treatments to cats and dogs in the past, and it was always put on the...

Hello. We took my daughter's elderly female guinea pig to the vet after we noticed some hair loss and her scratching and biting her hind quarters. We have got some Ivermectin to treat her with for possible mites. I'm just wondering if there is a recommended shampoo or bath treatment we could...

Hello! I recently posted about my two girls and discovered that they have lice. They have seen a vet who couldn't find any lice but I was sure I had seen a couple so they both had a shot of ivermectin and he said to return in one week. That was on Saturday and my girls seem to be even more...