I'm happy that your treatment works for you- that neither means I have to
agree with it, nor that it is the only effective approach. I work as a
veterinary technician and am in the process of applying to vet school, so I
do have a background and wouldn't give out advice I wasn't comfortable with
and hadn't seen work myself.
Jill
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> From: Deb Rebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Eeek, FLEAS!!
> Date: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 12:53 PM
>
> >> 0.66% <g> Bird mite is 0.33% and it doesn't really work.
> >
> >Actually, I thoroughly disagree with your protocol for treating mites.
> >0.66% concentration is higher than what should even be used on a larger
> >animal such as a guinea pig or a rabbit. Having dealt with mite infested
> >gerbils, I use a bird mite/lice spray at 0.033% concentration and it has
> >never failed to take care of the problem. In many of your posts
detailing
> >the treatment of mites I have seen the active ingredient called
> >"pyrenthins" or something to that effect used- it's actually pyrethrins,
so
> >I can't help but wonder if you might be misreading the label.
> >
> >Thanks for the watchful eye and attempted correction, but it was not a
typo
> >in this case.
> >
> >Jill
>
>
> I have had over 250 cages of animals at a time, with infestations.
> Of hamsters (three varieties, syrians, dwarf campbells, chinese dwarfs),
> gerbils, and a few rats and a mouse. The 0.33% concentration
> solution only if I sprayed it right on the mites and got them thoroughly
> soaked would it slow them down and kill them. With the 0.66%,
> getting all surfaces and dampening all the animals would kill the
> mites in a few minutes. And I used it on everything from pinkies
> to adults. I tried using both concentrations, starting with the 0.33%
> and it did not do the job. The 0.66% did. The second time I had
> a problem (believed that I handled an infested animal and had
> some come home with me, or in infested feed--after this I
> started freezing feed to prevent the problem) I started with the 0.66%
> solution immediately, rather than having to do that entire procedure
> twice.
>
> It is pyrethrins. I did make a typo.
>
> However, at a dilution that you are mentioning there...six hundreths
> of a percentage, I could rather give them all baths in water. I am
> indicating two thirds of one percent, which is a pretty dilute amount.
>
> [0.06% is six parts per ten thousand. 0.66% is sixty six parts per
> ten thousand]
>
> Deb
> Rebel's Rodent Ranch
