From:
"Roger Vaughn"
Date: 2005-01-25 16:23:15 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Revolution
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <19305.161.254.5.251.1106670195.squirrel@mail.seaconinc.com>
> Revolution is great stuff, but it does have several types :) I use
> the dog type.
It's all the same stuff - selamectin. The dog tubes are simply packed
at a higher concentration than the cat tubes, though. (I believe the
dog formulation is 4x more concentrated than the cat...I don't have it
in front of me though.) Different species internalize drugs in
different ways, which is why you see the same Revolution having
different effects on cats vs. dogs. (And why ProHeart, which has
turned out to be so bad for dogs, seems to work wonders for ferrets.)
I can attest that cat Revolution *is* effective against sarcoptic
mange, as I used it to treat mange in one of my ferrets. It was
effective where ivermectin was not. It may very well be that it is
not effective for that use in cats, but it is in ferrets.
Since Revolution seems to be priced by the tube rather than by the
amount of selamectin in the tube, it seems to be more cost-effective
to buy the large dog tubes and split them up the way Russell
recommended - at least if you have a bunch of ferrets to treat at
once. I actually put the needle through the side of the tube though,
rather than the neck. It's easier to pierce that way and seems to
cause less loss.
roger
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> Dog Revolution protects against fleas, ear mites, sarcoptic mange
> and heartworm, but not intestinal worms nor ticks.
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> Cat Revolution protects against fleas, ear mites, heartworm and some
> intestinal worms, but not sarcoptic mange nor ticks.
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> 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
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>> 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.
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