Lice on Mice and ASF Questions

Other people have had success with iver-on, but it never worked for me. It might have just been the strain of mites I ended up with were immune to it or something. :confuzd:

Sorry I haven't been on here. It worked great! Thank you sooooo much for all the help! I used it with pinks and hoped it didn't kill them as I wasn't sure and not a one died. Will be keeping some of this on hand just in case I ever have an issue again. I did pick up some Ivermectin but trying to get each rat to take some orally and getting the right amount really didn't sound easy so I gave up on that. Spraying the bedding worked perfect and for a larger number of animals seems like the best and easiest way to go.

Since this thread was started, I read something about ivermectin not being ok for use in reptiles, as it can be fatal. That would make me want to keep it far away from my feeder colony, too. If anyone wants the link to read more details, I could try to find it again.

The bedding spray, on the other hand, uses the same type of active ingredients as Provent-a-Mite, which is formulated specifically for use with reptiles. Glad it worked for you!

Vets use ivermectin to treat reptiles for mites. Like any other animal, dosage makes a difference in how safe the product is.

Even PAM can kill reptiles if used incorrectly.

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I was thinking in terms of how pesticides and other pollutants build up in predators because they get the dose each one of their prey items has had. There are too many factors for me to know if it really is a danger or not, but it just seemed safer to stay away from the ivermectin.

Of course, on further reflection, I realized that the same potential exists with the permethrin in provent-a-mite and the bedding spray, and I don't really know any more about whether or not it has the potential to build up to dangerous levels in a predator eating prey which has been exposed to it.