So frustrated - need advice

[shhtephanie]

I am soooo upset!!!
A while back all 4 of my boys had lice really bad (covered in scabs, faces completely scratched up, missing little patches of fur).
I had them all treated with Ivermectin? they each had a needle every 10 days (6 or 7 needles each) and then all was fine.
I have been soooo careful with freezing the yesterday's news and freezing the aspen for days before I use them, and keeping everything super clean for them. When I was playing with them today I noticed that 2 of them have scabs all over their faces again and the 3rd has 1 little scab by his whiskers, 4th I can't see anything on him. The only thing I don't freeze is their Harlan...could it be that???

I don't know what to do!..I am going to be moving soon and can barely afford that let alone doing a bunch of shots again and having it not work/lice come back..plus I don't wanna put them all through that again

Do I get rid of them??...I love my boys so much but I am so frustrated with this and been so busy I can't even play with them often enough to notice this before it got really bad again...would they be better off with someone else?

Any advice is appreciated :gaah:

 

[lilspaz68]

Order Revolution online to treat them with...much easier on them and your pocketbook. Can you take a pic of the boy with facial scabs? There might be something else going on, like someone biting at heads, or even a skin infection.

 

[shhtephanie]

I took a couple pictures...not sure how to put them up though?

 

[crumbilina]

easiest way is to go to photobucket.com, make an account and copy/paste the image link onto here.

 

[shhtephanie]

Ok thanks crumbilina...turns out I had a photobucket account from a while ago...so put them on there...
let's see if this works...


http://s523.beta.photobucket.com/user/s ... sort=3&o=3

http://s523.beta.photobucket.com/user/s ... sort=3&o=2

http://s523.beta.photobucket.com/user/s ... sort=3&o=1

http://s523.beta.photobucket.com/user/s ... sort=3&o=0


It looks much worse in person than in the pics...

 

[jorats]

Ya, that does look like mites/lice.

 

[shhtephanie]

How could they have it again??
Could it be coming from their Harlan?

 

[shhtephanie]

.....anyone?

 

[lilspaz68]

You are freezing bedding for 24 hours, you are not handling your rats after handling someone else's? Doubtful to be the harlan. Could you have wild rats nearby?

 

[EDK]

Oh wild rats could carry them eek that is if you have them, and they might even be in the carpet possibly? Who knows for sure but ya defiently try Revolution

 

[shhtephanie]

yes, freezing all bedding...don't handle any other rats...and definitely no wild rats around...wish I knew how this happened a 2nd time :gaah:

where online can I order it??

 

[shhtephanie]

:?

 

[victoria]

http://www.pets-megastore.com.au/revolu ... 0_178.html

 

[shhtephanie]

thanks...but a bit lost....which one would I go with?

 

[victoria]

Doesn't matter, it's all the same product. Cat/kitten/puppy Revolution is half the concentration of dog Revolution (60 mg/kg vs. 120 mg/kg) and each different type has a different volume of medication in each vile (see descriptions). If your careful, you can draw out the medication into a syringe (the kind with a needle) and use the syringe both to carefully measure and to store unused portions. Otherwise, it evaporates really quickly.

**** Note: You do not inject Revolution, just put it on the skin. I suggest the syringe only because it's the easiest way I've found to prevent evaporation.

If you only have a few rats and aren't splitting the package with someone else, a three pack of kitten or cat Revolution is probably best. You will need to also have a scale so you can weigh your rats to figure out the dose.

I should have linked the cat Revolution page and not the dog: http://www.pets-megastore.com.au/revolu ... 14_69.html

 

[lilspaz68]

How many rats do you have? Then we can figure out which Revolution to suggest. I try to get tubes that I only need to open 1 and use for fall, then I don't waste any and have 2 spare tubes.

 

[shhtephanie]

Thanks for explaining victoria...but the needle just sounds super intimidating lol

I have 4 rats

 

[lilspaz68]

Then you definitely want a tube (or 3) of Puppy/Kitten.