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Date: 2002-02-21 06:18:00 UTC
Subject: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Frontline for ear mites
I'm only talking about the SPRAY FRONTLINE.I'm not referring to the once a
month between the shoulder blade Frontline. I've never heard of Frontline
Topical being effective for earmites? I know Revolution topical is labeled
for ear mites and works fairly well. Regardless of what we humans can endure
I still wouldn't put alcohol or alcohol based products down my ferrets
ears.(especially when awake)Have you tried it on your own? It feels awful.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Carlson" <bcarlson@a...>
To: <Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:01 AM
> > We will use Frontline(Topical Spray)(~1-2 drops/ear depending on the
size
> > of the animal) for animals that have earmites, but we only put it in
> > those animals that are already under anesthesia for other
> > reasons.Frontline Spray is very alcohol based and it seems that it
would
> > be very uncomfortable when applying it to the ears while the ferret was
> > awake. Is this what you are referring to?
>
> I guess you're referring to my question. It seems that some people put it
> *in* the ear while others put it on the back of the neck. I've had ferrets
> get ear mites while on Frontline that had been applied to the top of the
> shoulders (like it says in the directions). Would the location of
> application make that much difference if it's distributed via oil glands?
> I'd asked my vet once if it got down into the ears and she seemed to think
> it might help prevent ear mites, but wasn't entirely sure. I've never used
> the spray, just the Frontline that comes in the plastic packages. I
usually
> buy the largest available and use a syringe with needle to suck it out of
> the container (Through the foil side -- initially I tried to do that
> through the plastic side and it broke the needle! I felt silly afterwards
> when I realized how easy it was to poke through the foil side). Then I
take
> the needle off and use the syringe to dispense 2-3 drops per ferret. One
> large dog size does at least 20 ferrets. I've stored the extra in the
> syringe (I put the needle and needle cap back on to help keep it from
> evaporating) and that works pretty well. (does anyone know why I shouldn't
> do that?)
>
> I was leery of trying the Frontline spray because I wasn't sure it was the
> same thing as in the plastic packages and wasn't sure it would work as
> well. In reading descriptions on various webpages it seemed that you had
to
> spray it all over the animal and that it didn't kill fleas as long (the
> blister packs say "up to 3 months" but I seem to recall the spray said
just
> 1 month).
>
> I wouldn't want to hurt my ferrets by applying something that hurt, but
> putting alcohol in the ear is a common treatment for humans for swimmers
> ear and Tresaderm has to be refrigerated and they seem quite unhappy about
> that -- so I'm not sure applying Frontline would be any more unpleasant
> than things we already do! (of course, if they'd been scratching a lot and
> the skin was broken, it would sting a lot)
>
> I've had trouble with ear mites on and off. My biggest problem is the
> treatment you have to put in daily -- I find I forget too often. I seem to
> be able to remember their medication, but for some reason the ear stuff is
> difficult to remember (especially if it's in the fridge). I can't figure
> out where my animals are picking them up. Since I forget the daily stuff,
> I've gotten Otomite which only needs to be used once a week (I've been
told
> for 2 weeks normally or up to 4 weeks for tough cases ... is this right?)
>
> --Barb--
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