Is there withdrawal time

[39jdeere]

Can anyone tell me if there is a withdrawal time on eggs
If a person uses Ivermectin,drop on the skin behind there head on the neck?
suppose to work for control or get ride of mites an flaes
and is there a dosage for water for worming?how many cc per gal.?
thanks

 

[jenjscott]

you shouldn't use the skin and oral drops together. The drops on the skin is actually systemic, and I believe will also take care of worms.

 

[Wynette]

Just as an FYI.....I was instructed to use the 5% Ivermectin topical to control parasites both internally and externally; the person stated it worked for 7 months, so my plan was to do this every 6 months. Well...two months after administering carefully the proper dosage, I found that all the chooks in the pen I treated were COVERED in northern red fowl mites! This stuff DOES NOT work for external parasites, IMO.

I'm unsure whether the Ivermectin Eprinex works any better? My avain vet recommended (this is not the person I refer to above) Ivermectin Eprinex every 6 months for parasites. maybe the Eprinex works better??

 

[saladin]

Ivermectin only helps with the control of external parasites and is only active for 3 months.

For best results use the Injectible Ivermectin and give it my mouth to the bird.

Put it in a 3 ml syringe with the needle on.
Give 3-5 drops for a bantam
Give 8-12 drops for a standard fowl (12 drops for something like a Malay or Shamo-read that BIG bird)

Don't give it in hot weather. It is way to hard on the bird.

Withdrawal time should be 10-14 days. saladin

 

[Wynette]

As stated previously, the 5% topical Ivermectin did not work for external parasites for my chooks; two months after administration, the pen I used it on had quite a heavy load of northern red fowl mite; enough to make me ascertain they had them for quite a good, long time - I honestly think it didn't work at all for me. Maybe the Eprinex is better?

 

[saladin]

Wynette,
That is quite possible. I never liked the pour-on as I thought the results always poor. But the injectible by mouth will not keep them off either: as I said, it only helps. saladin

 

[39jdeere]

Saladin
have you ever gave it to them in the water ?
if so whats the dosage,thought it might be a little easyer than catch them all

 

[kathyinmo]

I just read this on the Delaware thread ... maybe it will help ...

Turns out he has Northern Fowl Mites, and my whole farm is infested most likely. The reason it didn't work is that you need to keep repeating the dosage for this particular mite AND I need to treat the whole farm. That's right ever single animal, chicken, and goat. (thank goodness the ducks and geese are housed separately). Then I have the lovely choice of using sevin on the entire barn and coop, or mucking it out completely, scraping the floors and laying down lime. Now I muck the coop on a regular basis, no problem there, but the barn is a LOT bigger job, and has a dirt floor.

You can protect your birds from a lot of things, but the bluebirds, and sparrows, and starlings etc are still going to visit and leave their little presents!!!
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He said to put one to two drops of it on their combs each week, once a week. As if I was putting frontline on the dog, but just a drop or two....
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Apparently they have a breeding cycle that lasts 5-9 days, and twice during that cycle they do not feed, not counting the time in the egg. That is the reason you have to treat for 4 weeks, 4 times. If you use cydectin, it is longer acting than the ivomectin and you only have to treat twice, once every two weeks instead of the once a week with the ivomectin which wears off their skin faster.

Then another suggestion was to use oil (vegetable oil, linseen oil, etc) with 3 drops of tea tree oil in in and to paint the roosts and cracks and crevices with it.​

 

[saladin]

Never seen or heard of mites on waterfowl. saladin

 

[saladin]

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No, because you can't be sure who's getting how much. The only thing I use in the water as a med is Sulmet. saladin