Message Number: YG12181 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: Russell Prater
Date: Mon Apr 1, 2002 7:18pm
Subject: Re: liquid heartworm preventative
moxie4192 wrote:
>
> I'm looking for a liquid heartworm preventative, as my new ferret will
> not be conned into eating the Heartguard for cats tablets.
Hillyer & Quesenberry in "Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents" recommends that
you have your vet mix 0.3 ml of 1% ivermectin with 28 ml of propylene
glycol and dispense it in a brown glass bottle. Once a month give your
ferret 0.1 ml of the mix per pound of ferret or 0.2 ml per kg. This
gives a dose of 10mcg per pound. My vet charged me $6 for it.
--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
Panama City, FL
russellprater@w...
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