I hate it too, but don't know what options I have for my rabbits in treating wool mites. When I inject it, I always end up with sores at the injection site a week later. Many rabbit owners give it orally, but I can't imagine what it would do to their little tummies if it leaves sores on their skin. ANY ideas would be greatly appreciated. We are going to look into using DE and Listerine (heard this one from a French Angora judge) as alternatives. I did use it for years with my horses, mainly because it kills bot flys, and is one of the only dewormers which does. I switched to herbs for the goats and horses, and have had very clean fecal counts.
We are fairly certain my beautiful Aussie bitch was permanently damaged by accidental exposure/injection of ivermectin. I kept my rabbits at a friend's farm, where they had horses. They had just dewormed everyone with Ivermectin paste when Ashley suddenly went down hill. She nearly died, but never fully recovered. I am extremely careful with that stuff, since I have her son now, and certainly don't want a repeat of the nightmare I went through with his mom. I have also had, before I knew better, many a deformed litter from my rabbits if I treated for mites with ivermectin during pregnancy. I have found reports that it will cause cleft palate in rabbits in utero. Wish I could find that again to share. Kim http://www.blessedfarm.com http://www.Blessedfarm.etsy.com ~ my online fiber shop! To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
