Betty's last Ivermectin injection today

[*kate*]

and now Hettie has mites too

So, injection for both today and Hettie back in a fortnight for her second one.

Nightmare.

 

[Merab]

O dear.
Hope they all clear up quickly and permanently

 

[Wiebke]

and now Hettie has mites too

So, injection for both today and Hettie back in a fortnight for her second one.

Nightmare.

Are they living together? You always need to treat all guinea pigs in contact. If any companions or neighbours haven't yet got mites, a spot-on is usually enough. All the best!

 

[*kate*]

Are they living together? You always need to treat all guinea pigs in contact. If any companions or neighbours haven't yet got mites, a spot-on is usually enough. All the best!

Yes, they live together. Vet said not to treat Hettie unless she became symptomatic!

 

[Wiebke]

Yes, they live together. Vet said not to treat Hettie unless she became symptomatic!

OUCH! In my experience, it is always wiser to treat, even if it is just lower dosed easimec for unaffected companions (it is not strong enough for acute piggies). However, that will hopefully be the end of it!

 

[*kate*]

Back to the Vets again, both of them got mites again

The Vet showed me a mite under the microscope

So, both had another injection, back again in 2 weeks for the second. As they are both now in sync with their injections, let's hope they finally clear.

 

[Wiebke]

Back to the Vets again, both of them got mites again

The Vet showed me a mite under the microscope

So, both had another injection, back again in 2 weeks for the second. As they are both now in sync with their injections, let's hope they finally clear.

You will need a course of three 3-4 injections depending on the severity. The first two rounds are there to kill any emerging mites; the third course is there to take care of any stragglers. A fourth course may be needed in a bad case.

Can you please specify whether you are dealing with hay/fur mites (chirodiscoides caviae), which fix their egg cases to the hairs at the bum end and are much less harmful but often more difficult to get at because they live off debris on the skin and hairs or whether you are dealing with mange mites (trixacarus caviae), which burrow their eggs painfully into the increasingly inflamed skin and can cause so much discomfort that a guinea pig can start fitting or eventually die in an untreated, mis- or undertreated case?

 

[*kate*]

Hay/fur mites not mange mites.

 

[*kate*]

Forgot to say that they both had a course of 3 injections previously but the Vet will do 4 if the mites aren't going.

 

[Merab]

Hope the mites are no more.

 

[Eriathwen]

Good luck! I hope this round of injections clears them. We've been dealing with mites too, although with topical ivermectin rather than injection. Damn things.. I've been thinking of buying a bottle of f10 insecticide spray for their pens, carriers and cages as they seem rather reluctant to die!