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Frontline for mites and/or lice
Mike Gilbert:
Beth, I use the pour on Ivermectin for cattle and administer it with an eye dropper on the skin. For a large fowl I place 2 or 3 drops above the vent and the same amount below the vent on the bare skin. For bantams maybe 2 drops above and below. I suppose it would be just as effective under the wing or on the back of the neck since it is absorbed into the system, but the vent area is where mites congregate, at least the ones we deal with here.
Sharon Yorks:
Is this the product you are referring to, Mike? (The blue bottle?) And am I understanding that both this and Frontline would be administered the same...just open the bottle and put some in an eyedropper, then squeeze out a few drops per bird? What is the difference in products as far as why one would be preferred over the other. Is it price, ingredient, how often you have to use it, availability...?
How fast does this product work, how often do you use it, and where do you buy it?
Tailfeathers:
--- Quote from: Mike Gilbert on February 02, 2013, 08:56:24 AM ---Keep us up to date on that Royce. It's good to know. But the information they gave you about ivermectin was baloney. I don't use the eprinex - is that the variation where there is no withdrawal period? If so it stands to reason it wouldn't be as effective.
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Will do, Mike. it's been over a week now and still no sign of mites. I am REALLY hoping and praying this will finally get rid of them potlickers once and for all. I can say without a doubt this has been the most effective treatment yet.
I'm not sure now whether what I read referred to the Ivermectin Pour-On or the Eprinex. A Google search would probably turn it up again without much effort. I can tell you from personal experience that after paying $50+ bucks for a bottle of Eprinex, I was disappointed as it did not do the trick at all.
And btw, Beth one of the things I tried was getting the Permethrin that's like 10%, if I remember right, and mixing it myself. I was finally mixing like one ounce of the stuff to a gallon of water and that still didn't do the trick. That's a whole lot stronger than the strongest stuff you can buy pre-mixed.
God Bless,
Mike Gilbert:
--- Quote from: Sharon Yorks on February 03, 2013, 05:07:00 PM ---Is this the product you are referring to, Mike? (The blue bottle?) And am I understanding that both this and Frontline would be administered the same...just open the bottle and put some in an eyedropper, then squeeze out a few drops per bird? What is the difference in products as far as why one would be preferred over the other. Is it price, ingredient, how often you have to use it, availability...?
How fast does this product work, how often do you use it, and where do you buy it?
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That looks like it, but I purchase it in much larger containers as we use it for the red deer several times a year. From all reports Frontline works great too. I use this because we keep it on hand anyway, and it works fast. After a proper application you shouldn't see any live mites within 24 hours, and probably less.
Tailfeathers:
Update on my post...
Two weeks as of yesterday and still NO sign of any mites! I'm elated! I have NEVER had this kind of success in the past. Prior to using the Pronyl (same as Frontline only much cheaper), I was never able to get rid of all the mites. Even treating them on a weekly basis with all the aforementioned.
I will continue to check periodically but I'm jus tickled to death that it looks like I finally got the problem licked!
God Bless,
Royce
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