Red 'cat' mites on my feeder mice!

[RichsBallPythons]

Do not use oral ivermectin for mites on rodents. Do not get your mice wet either.

Topical ivermectin is widely used and accepted for mites on mice, eats, and other rodents.

The type of ivermectin you want is any brand that is 5mg ivermectin per ml. This should be a 'ivermectin pour on treatment for cattle' the other species like sheep, use a higher dosage which can kill your animals. Brand doesn't matter as long as the dosage is right. Then you dilute it 4-5 parts water to 1 part iver on, and spray your mice and bedding, or take an eye-dropper and put a drop of the mixture on each mouse between the shoulders. Shake before each use.

This is the best way to treat your mice or other rodents for mites.
The solution kills virtually all parasites internal and eternal, and should be repeated every 2 days (for a bad case) or once every week for a mild infestation.

Furthermore you can use the spray as a preventative treatment once a month to prevent new infestations from occurring.


Please feel free to PM me for more info, we just had several extremely lengthy discussions about this very topic on some of the mouse forums!



EDIT: That spray you linked to is EXPENSIVE, don't buy it. A small 250ml bottle of durvet ivermectin is less than $10 and you dilute it 4 parts water to 1 part meds, so it lasts forever.

Diatomaceous earth will not rid you of your mite problem, but can help. You can sprinkle it in the bedding if it makes you feel better, but with the ivermectin it shouldn't be a problem.

Can you post a picture of the stuff you use. Every bottle of ivermectin ive seen was 20-30$ for a gallon and nothing smaller.

The bedding spray i use is nice, but adds up doing it weekly. id like something I can dilute and last longer.

When you use it, How do you apply it, on tbe bare tub, bedding. Do you let dry before adding rats back, so on.