From:
Roger Vaughn
Date: 2002-04-01 19:09:00 UTC
Subject: Re: liquid heartworm preventative
> I'm looking for a liquid heartworm preventative, as my new ferret
> will not be conned into eating the Heartguard for cats
Injectible ivermectin can be suspended (dissolved?) in propylene glycol
and given to them orally. Ivermectin in the same drug found in
Heartgard. The suspension I give mine is 100 mcg/ml (that's
micrograms). They get .1cc per pound of body weight every month.
(I just did the figures and this seems to work out to 22mcg/kg - almost
four times Dr. Purcell's recommendation of 6mcg/kg in her book. Is my
math wrong or should I ask my vet about this?)
Ask your vet about mixing it up this way. My vet learned about this
from a very reputable ferret vet.
roger
Digger, Bear, Fox and Sniffles