Captain Kirk
New Born Pup
Hello
I hope you can help me. My castrated boar, Cashew, has thick, fast growing long fur which I trim every few months. He had mites about a year ago, confirmed by the vet, so was treated (3 applications, one every 2 weeks) along with his cage mates with Ivermectin. I have found that it tends to come back especially if his fur gets too long.
He recently had to have a tumor removed and I applied ivermectin as a preventative because of the stress and because it had been 4 months since the last time and he was starting to scratch more than usual. Sure enough after the operation he was scratching madly and breaking the skin but after 2 applications it has cleared up. The third would be due this week but he only stopped scratching about 5 days ago. Would you apply a 3rd treatment or not?
Thanks
I hope you can help me. My castrated boar, Cashew, has thick, fast growing long fur which I trim every few months. He had mites about a year ago, confirmed by the vet, so was treated (3 applications, one every 2 weeks) along with his cage mates with Ivermectin. I have found that it tends to come back especially if his fur gets too long.
He recently had to have a tumor removed and I applied ivermectin as a preventative because of the stress and because it had been 4 months since the last time and he was starting to scratch more than usual. Sure enough after the operation he was scratching madly and breaking the skin but after 2 applications it has cleared up. The third would be due this week but he only stopped scratching about 5 days ago. Would you apply a 3rd treatment or not?
Thanks