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Hi,

Could someone please le tme know where i can buy Ivomec? Cobweb Cavies have stopped selling it and the sites he suggests are expensive.
 
i would suggest getting it from a vet as oones sold on line are/could be inferior products. i NEVER give my piggies anything unless prescribed by a vet. so have you a piggy savy vet near you? i would take your piggy to a vet and see what they suggest O0 welcome to the forum from me and the girls in oz :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: hoping you learn heaps, make lots of friends and have fun. O0 good luck with the ivomec O0 what is the actually problem with your piggy? sending hugs and healing vibes to you and your piggy/ies :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
I actually get it from a guinea pig rescue they don't get through the stuff they get in so i just buy a bit off them! and she gets it from a farm nearby!
 
i have bought several times online and have never had a problem 2 of my pigs are 6 years old so the ivomec is fine. Vet prices are very expensive.
 
if you contact maryh who is a guinea pig health expert she does NOT give her piggies any medications unless prescribed by her vet. except for things she can purchased like from gorgeous guineas for bathing them etc. she has said many times the medications you can buy on line may not be 100% the product they say it is or it could just be water you are buying. but as they are your piggies then buy off line if that is what you have always done. good luck to your fur babies :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: hoping you find what you are looking for. have heard ivomec is also avilable as a spot on but not 100% sure on this. good luck in your search O0
 
I only advise getting it from your vet also. I actually phone my vet surgery and ask for Xeno 450 topical ivermectin which is put directly on the skin. The vet should leave a prescription which you can pick up. It costs roughly £22-£25 for 6 and your pig only needs 2, one dose 10 days apart.

However it is important to weigh your guinea as if he/she is over 1kg, the treatment may not work and it is best to visit your vet.
 
I know there are places to buy online but I wouldn't do it either. I have issues with the fact that these people are basically decanting a big bottle of ivermectin into smaller bottles and you have NO idea how long that big bottle has been open for. The shelf life of the product when opened is less than 6 months so goodness knows what you could be putting on your animals.

Xeno is the only form of ivermectin licensed for use in small animals but my vet still prescribes Ivomec so that's what we use when we need it.

Nemo - seleen shampoo does not treat mites.
 
Well my vet used to prescribe it 20 odd years ago whether it does or not and I've always found it worked - still do. O0 I'm not talking about the mites you can see but the hay mite which is when the guinea pig is scratching like crazy and losing its hair which is down to hay mite which my vet actually told me does not come from hay but is something in the guinea pig itself. :)
 
That shampoo is intended for dermatitis, not mites or lice. You can't see ANY form of mites, only lice.

If it's worked the chances are it wasn't mites your piggy had, it was more likely to have been a fungal infection if it was affected by the seleen shampoo.
 
Well perhaps the vet called it hay mite when it was a fungal infection then because I've always understood this condition to be called hay mite and I've been keeping guinea pigs on and off for nearly 30 years now. If the piggy was scratching and losing hair he told me it was a condition called hay mite and used to give me this green stuff in a bottle which cost a few pounds and a couple of baths in that and the piggy was fine and the hair grew back - its the same condition as what they give the injections for now. :) I have used it loads of times in the past and its worked.
 
Ivermectin (the injections that pigs get for mites) is not available in shampoo form, nor is it green so goodness knows what that stuff was! If you still get it, I would find out what's in it. I'd never put "green stuff" on my pig unless I knew what it was and that it was safe.

There is no condition called "hay mite" (though mites can be trasmitted through infected bedding) but you can read about the mites that commonly affect piggies here - http://www.guinealynx.info/mites.html
 
Well we will just have to agree to disagree then I'm afraid Scotslass because I KNOW this stuff works and I don't care whether you say it doesn't or not - I know it does and it was prescribed by a vet. :) How can you knock something you've never tried?

I know what the green stuff is - it's Seleen as was prescribed by my vet years ago and I know that it's safe. O0
 
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Well we will just have to agree to disagree then I'm afraid Scotslass because I KNOW this stuff works and I don't care whether you say it doesn't or not - I know it does and it was prescribed by a vet. :) How can you knock something you've never tried?

I know what the green stuff is - it's Seleen as was prescribed by my vet years ago and I know that it's safe. O0
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Why would I try to use an anti fungal/anti bacterial shampoo on a mite? It's a bit like trying to kill headlice on a human with an antibiotic. Of course I'm not going to use it.

I hope your pig never has a REAL case of mites that require treatment with ivermectin and not shampoo.
 
Well that's entirely up to you - you carry on with the invermectin then which can be extremely dangerous and has killed guinea pigs. ::)
My vet also told me that it was a cow injection - so why would you try an injection meant for cows on your piggies. ;)
 
Yes I must agree - I'm finding it quite amusing myself. O0

My dog had an invermectin injection a couple of years ago and my vet warned me to watch him closely for 24 hours and any unusual signs or shaking to phone them right away. Some breeds of dog can't even have it at all because it would kill them. O0
 
here are some links about ivomec and guinea pigs http://www.guinealynx.info/ivermectin_oral.html and this one http://www.cavyland.org.uk/selnick.html all you have to do is type in ivomec and guinea pigs and you will come up with 1,840 hits. whilst ivomec is used for sheep and cattle it is also used for guinea pigs! many vets in the UK use it for guinea pigs and have done so for many years. it is not available here in south oz, just cause your vet does something doesn't mean your vet is better than others, all vets are different. like vets here use terramycin as an antibiotic for guinea pigs but UK vets would shudder at the thought of using it. lets stay on topic, the OP asked where to get ivomec on line for their piggies. again i say see your vet and get something from them, as on line you have no idea what you are getting. good luck with your piggies O0
 
Yes I know that many vets in the UK use this and that's fine with me but if you find something else that works equally as well and doesn't involve dragging the guinea pig to the vets for weekily injections then where is the harm in that? :) Twenty or so years ago I don't think these injections were used and my vet prescribed the Seleen shampoo - it's my individual choice to use this shampoo. O0
 
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Some breeds of dog can't even have it at all because it would kill them.
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I have always been told that this problem was identified 'out in the field' so to speak and not from medical trials. The last animal in the queue of sheep/cattle for a shot of ivomec, just in case it had worms, was the sheepdog - with disastrous results.
I would be extremely wary of using it on pregnant sows. I believe that there is a possibility of it causing eye damage at certain stages of foetal development.

The reason that seleen could appear to have a very beneficial effect on mites is that fungal infections often appear concurrently with mite infection. Scratching and damaged skin are ideal conditions for fungal infection.

As for buying medication/treatments online, I cannot see a problem with buying from a reputable company - with a registered (or at least proper, tangible) business address, VAT registration etc. Just a matter of using common sense. Legitimate companies will ask for a prescription (if appropriate) before sale – ebay sellers might not!
 
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