Confused About Mites

[parkdaleangela]

Hi. Posted yesterday about treatment for hay mites and thanks for the replies. However, I've read somewhere that if one piggy is infected, all the others should be spot treated as a preventative measure. Now, scrolling through the advice in your pages, I find that preventative dosing is not advised because it can set up resistance in the parasites ! Clarification please before I rush our and buy some spot-on stuff for them all.
Also, are there any products you advise keeping as a first aid kit for them ?

 

[Wiebke]

Hi. Posted yesterday about treatment for hay mites and thanks for the replies. However, I've read somewhere that if one piggy is infected, all the others should be spot treated as a preventative measure. Now, scrolling through the advice in your pages, I find that preventative dosing is not advised because it can set up resistance in the parasites ! Clarification please before I rush our and buy some spot-on stuff for them all.
Also, are there any products you advise keeping as a first aid kit for them ?

Here is our first-aid kit recommendations from our Caring for an ill guinea pig section: https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/first-aid-kit-for-guinea-pigs.36634/

In an acute outbreak, you need to treat all guinea pigs in contact with an affected guinea pig fully over three rounds, ideally with the weight-appropriate concentration of xeno spot-on to prevent the companions coming down with it.
If you have got a number of guinea pigs in contact with an affected guinea pig, you can also use easimec for the not yet affected companion guinea pigs, but not for the fully affected piggy. We have made good experiences with that. Follow the advice on the label and also treat for three rounds. Easimec works out cheaper if you have more guinea pigs than just one or two companions, as it comes in small bottles instead of pipettes. It is available online from Hyperdrug.

The affected and diagnosed guinea pig should be treated with either injections from the vet (depending on the severity, as injections are most effective way) or by xeno (UK) / high dosed ivermectin (US).

 

[parkdaleangela]

Here is our first-aid kit recommendations from our Caring for an ill guinea pig section: https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/first-aid-kit-for-guinea-pigs.36634/

In an acute outbreak, you need to treat all guinea pigs in contact with an affected guinea pig fully, ideally with the weight-appropriate concentration of xeno spot on to prevent the companions coming down with it.
If you have got a number of guinea pigs in contact with an affected guinea pig, you can also use easimec for the not yet affected companion guinea pigs, but not for the fully affected piggy. We have made good experiences with that. Follow the advice on the label and also treat for three rounds. Easimec works out cheaper if you have more guinea pigs than just one or two companions, as it comes in small bottles instead of pipettes. It is available online from Hyperdrug.

The affected and diagnosed guinea pig should be treated with either injections from the vet (depending on the severity, as injections are most effective way) or by xeno (UK) / high dosed ivermectin (US).

Thanks very much.