From:
me@shona.org
Date: 2005-01-25 09:15:01 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Revolution
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7640264.1106644501632.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Revolution is great stuff, but it does have several types :) I use the dog type.
Dog Revolution protects against fleas, ear mites, sarcoptic mange and heartworm, but not intestinal worms nor ticks.
Cat Revolution protects against fleas, ear mites, heartworm and some intestinal worms, but not sarcoptic mange nor ticks.
I talked to the manufacturers once, who said that it is apparently difficult to get a chemical that works on both heartworm and ticks (from memory), which is why they haven't managed to add ticks to the list yet.
Ferrets aren't generally prone to intestinal worms.
:)
shona
> I am not a vet. My favorite treatment for critters on ferrets is
> Revolution. It kills fleas, ticks, ear mites, sarcoptic mange mites,
> several kinds of internal worms and prevents heartworm disease. You have
> to get it from your vet. Ask them to give you a 1 ml syringe and a 1.5in
> needle. Normally you dose with it monthly, but with earmites I like to
> dose every two weeks. Pop the tube open in the normal way and insert the
> needle thru the hole that makes and draw up 0.2ml per pound of ferret.
> Remove the needle and squirt the Revolution on the skin at the back of
> the neck. After giving 3 doses you can go back to dosing once a month.
> It's a lot easier than trying to get them with ear drops.