Help needed...piggie with bloody scabs
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- My home, ruled by pigs!
HA! The animal control officer just called...she's on her way over to pick up the cats!
Turns out an electrician went to the house and accidentally let the cats out of the basement. He called the health dept. for some reason and they contacted animal control. She went yesterday and found only 1 cat and the bird had been eaten by something. She said a raccoon may have gotten in the house because she found "half a tail of some animal on the living room floor and blood in the bird cage". How awful for the poor bird.
She called to ask me how many cats are supposed to be there. She also apologized and said "everything you said was true...I should have done something but we get a lot of crank calls...". DUH!!!!!
So, now I know for sure that I saved Jasper's life. His cage was right under the bird cage!
Turns out an electrician went to the house and accidentally let the cats out of the basement. He called the health dept. for some reason and they contacted animal control. She went yesterday and found only 1 cat and the bird had been eaten by something. She said a raccoon may have gotten in the house because she found "half a tail of some animal on the living room floor and blood in the bird cage". How awful for the poor bird.
She called to ask me how many cats are supposed to be there. She also apologized and said "everything you said was true...I should have done something but we get a lot of crank calls...". DUH!!!!!
So, now I know for sure that I saved Jasper's life. His cage was right under the bird cage!
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- My home, ruled by pigs!
Update: I bought the Ivermec, 1% injectable solution. I want to treat my girls because they are starting to itch and I'm worried they'll get infected too.
My question is based on the dosage chart, let's say for Annabelle, I'm supposed to give her 0.035cc. All I have in the house are .5 and 1cc syringes. Does this mean I need to get a smaller syringe to do this? It seems like such a small amount to measure.
My question is based on the dosage chart, let's say for Annabelle, I'm supposed to give her 0.035cc. All I have in the house are .5 and 1cc syringes. Does this mean I need to get a smaller syringe to do this? It seems like such a small amount to measure.
- Mum
- I GAVE, dammit!
Yes, you draw up just a tiny bit in the bottom of the syringe. I usually use a 1cc syringe. All you have are a couple of drops. I put one behind each ear, and rub it in with the finger of a surgical glove (you don't need one, it just ensures that the Ivermectin goes on the pig and not on you).
- snowflakey
- E's Moriarity
I actually measure my dose according to the dosing guidelines on the main GL site. I am bad bad bad with numbers, but it is something like .05 cc for my pigs? Essentially a drop, but I like to measure just to be sure.
- snowflakey
- E's Moriarity
You can also fold over the loose pig skin and rub the ivermectin in that way, if you don't have gloves.
How's your cute boy doin' GP Lover?
How's your cute boy doin' GP Lover?
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
It will help if you print this out:
www.guinealynx.info/topical_ivermectin.html
Just look for the right range. It doesn't have to be accurate to hundreths. Rounding is okay.
www.guinealynx.info/topical_ivermectin.html
Just look for the right range. It doesn't have to be accurate to hundreths. Rounding is okay.
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- My home, ruled by pigs!
Lynx, I am referring to the chart when I ask the question....how do you measure 0.035cc???? Round it to what? The smallest syringe I have is .5cc. These dosages seem so small I don't understand how to do this.
"How's your cute boy doin' GP Lover?"
He's still scratching so I need to keep him wrapped up. I can't keep the wrap off until I know he won't scratch it. I have no idea if the second shot (the one I gave him) is doing anything because he ran from me and I don't know where the medication ended up.
I would prefer his next treatment be topical but I am trying to figure out how to do it.
"How's your cute boy doin' GP Lover?"
He's still scratching so I need to keep him wrapped up. I can't keep the wrap off until I know he won't scratch it. I have no idea if the second shot (the one I gave him) is doing anything because he ran from me and I don't know where the medication ended up.
I would prefer his next treatment be topical but I am trying to figure out how to do it.