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.

[Fila]

What are the risks associated with the oral ivermectin? I have five bottles of the injectable 1% right now, got a good deal and use it for many farm animals. I have read where it can cause some reproductive failures. Also, how long does the pour on ivermectin stay viable once mixed with water? I would love the address or link to the mouse forum where this was discussed

*Fila*

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.

[Rhasputin]

The pour on stuff stays viable as long as the bottle says, even when mied with water. you just need to shake it well before using it to mi it back up.


Here's a link to a 250ml bottle of durvet http://tinyurl.com/durvet I was mistaken, it's just above $10, not just under. This stuff is really the safest way to go, there are studies online that you can look up showing how it affects rodents and how safe it is, etc etc, it's recomended by many vets, and is approved of for use on even pinky mice.


Here's a link to some of the online discussion: http://www.fancymicebreeders.com/php...p?f=17&t=10002

[sniper]

what you can use is bedding spray like the one for lice(almost the same bug) spray down the bedding that you will be useing. let it dry for about two hours and do it in a paper bag. then change the bedding for the mice and that way your snake won't get mites and it won't gt possioned either.
it may take more that one treatment. you can also use camp spray that is used for clothes and the tent screrans. i use it once a month in the summer and use it on the bark for the snake and no health problems.
good luck

[Salamander Rising]

what you can use is bedding spray like the one for lice(almost the same bug) spray down the bedding that you will be useing. let it dry for about two hours and do it in a paper bag. then change the bedding for the mice and that way your snake won't get mites and it won't gt possioned either.
it may take more that one treatment. you can also use camp spray that is used for clothes and the tent screrans. i use it once a month in the summer and use it on the bark for the snake and no health problems.
good luck

I bought the spray.

It wasn't much.

Also talked to the local herp dude and he told me to buy a cheap flea collar, open the bag, activate it and lay in the general area of the mouse houses.

Swears by it and showed me his in his store and he has no ectoparasites at all.

[RichsBallPythons]

Theres no need to worry about these mites bothering reptiles, So get that thinking out the window now.

I do use a Flea/Tick Collar that I have hanging on each level of my rodent racks. It works very well keeping bugs away and slowly kills the mites. The bedding spray i use works just as well, I spray the bare tub and dont wait for it to dry and then toss in the bedding. By time the bedding gets tossed from the rodents, itll be dry. I just dont feed live for 2 days after treatment.

Only place i found that had the pour on stuff under 25$ locally is here. Everyplace else was 39-49 for it.

https://www.familyfarmandhome.com/in...ineline=003024

Dont show a picture but its all the same thing, just different packaging im sure.

Whats the acutual dosage for this stuff, From reading its done by drops behind the ears, and cant find where it suggests mixing it into spray bottle

[Salamander Rising]

Theres no need to worry about these mites bothering reptiles, So get that thinking out the window now.

I do use a Flea/Tick Collar that I have hanging on each level of my rodent racks. It works very well keeping bugs away and slowly kills the mites. The bedding spray i use works just as well, I spray the bare tub and dont wait for it to dry and then toss in the bedding. By time the bedding gets tossed from the rodents, itll be dry. I just dont feed live for 2 days after treatment.

Only place i found that had the pour on stuff under 25$ locally is here. Everyplace else was 39-49 for it.

https://www.familyfarmandhome.com/in...ineline=003024

Dont show a picture but its all the same thing, just different packaging im sure.

Whats the acutual dosage for this stuff, From reading its done by drops behind the ears, and cant find where it suggests mixing it into spray bottle

It's not the snakes I'm worried about...it's ME.....

I hate creepy little blood sucking things walking on me.

I'm also worried for my pet rats and my dogs.

I know those tiny red demons will chomp on them if they get half a chance.

I just dont feed live for 2 days after treatment.

And that right there is what I really needed to know...thanks Rich!
You've rode to the rescue, yet again...

We have a Tractor & Supply locally and they only have injectable Ivermection in stock for some reason.
Back when they were "Farm & Family" they had a much larger selection of meds.

I rarely had to take my rats to the vet because they had everything I needed to fix their inevitable RIs.
[the bane of rodents, everywhere]

The mouse aquariums are being dragged outside tomorrow and cleaned.
Ain't no way I'm shaking those infested shavings around inside the house.
I'll probably be wearing nitrile gloves, too, so they don't walk on me.....LOL

[Rhasputin]

The mites will bite everything, but can only live on rodents.

If you have them on your mice, they will almost certainly be on our rats as well.
They'll bite you too, but they'll die on you.


I don't know about the flea collar stuff. I have no idea how that medications would affect the rodents, or the reptiles.

[RichsBallPythons]

The mites will bite everything, but can only live on rodents.

If you have them on your mice, they will almost certainly be on our rats as well.
They'll bite you too, but they'll die on you.


I don't know about the flea collar stuff. I have no idea how that medications would affect the rodents, or the reptiles.

The collar wont affect them at all, as they arent in direct contact with it. Hell cats and dogs have them on their necks no problems. But i dont see anyone putting them or rodents.

The red spider mites yes will bite, But most mites on rats/mice from bedding wont bite us. I have a wood mite problem from the bedding i buy, But when i treat with the bedding spray it kills them off well. Just need find something thats cheaper long run.

[RichsBallPythons]

Heres wood mites that can come in on cyprus,aspen,pine and so on. There harmless to snakes as they want warm hosts like your rodents,cat,dog. They rarely casue problems to the animals so long as there is wood for them.