Questions on Ivermectin and Lice

[iluvsedward]

I believe thats why i ruled out permethrin too

 

[casportpony]

From what I understood the pour on shouldnt be injested, im worried about them swimming and preening in their pools and then drinking the water that has any kind of the residue in it and dont want to have to deal with restricting their water usage... And then i dont remember why i thought i shouldnt use injectable.

I don't think that the amount used topically would be harmful if it got in their pool water or if they preened. The paste is hard to measure down to a small enough dose, so I would recommend the injectable orally.

1% Injectable max dose - 0.05 ml per pound of body weight
18.7% Paste max dose - 0.03 ml per pound of body weight

 

[Fairview01]

Ivermectin is really only effective for depluming and scaly leg mites. These mites once attached to their host do not leave their hosts unlike other mites that migrate to chickens at night to feed and then leave.

 

[casportpony]

Ivermectin is really only effective for depluming and scaly leg mites. These mites once attached to their host do not leave their hosts unlike other mites that migrate to chickens at night to feed and then leave.

Contrary to popular belief, it works really well when treating lice.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ivermectin-experiment.1114731/

 

[iluvsedward]

I don't think that the amount used topically would be harmful if it got in their pool water or if they preened. The paste is hard to measure down to a small enough dose, so I would recommend the injectable orally.

1% Injectable max dose - 0.05 ml per pound of body weight
18.7% Paste max dose - 0.03 ml per pound of body weight

And the injectable can be given orally? Is there one on amazon you can recommend?

 

[casportpony]

And the injectable can be given orally? Is there one on amazon you can recommend?

Yes, the injectable can be given orally. Any 1% injectable will work, just shop around and find the least expensive.

 

[keeper 1960]

when putting the drops on the neck. do you need to do it a second time? and what interval.

 

[casportpony]

when putting the drops on the neck. do you need to do it a second time? and what interval.

What are you treating for?

 

[keeper 1960]

mites, maybe worms.

 

[casportpony]

mites, maybe worms.

For mites you need to clean and spray the coop too. I use permethrin. Ivermectin might treat large roundworms and maybe cecal worms, but it will not treat capillary worms, gapeworms or tapeworms.