Chel
Well-Known Member
Well as if Coccidia and overgrown teeth weren't enough, we have discovered lice. :doh: SQ warned me a few days ago about carefresh bedding and how it should be frozen but it must have been too late, I noticed Rose was itching moderately and Petunia wasn't at all, but today I figured I really needed a close up look, so I set them up with a pile of rice krispies to distract them as I combed through their hair like a monkey. EW they aren't mites because I can for sure see them, and the phone consultation with my Fredericton vet is thinking its lice because they're white/red. My Hampton vet wasn't confident about treating rats so I had to call my Fredericton vet to send a prescription for revolution. Here are my questions for you folks:
1) I know the lice can't spread to people because its species specific, but can it spread to dogs, and if so can they hitch a ride on me and then spread to the dogs?
2) do I have to manually kill these suckers or will the revolution do all the work?
3) I've always thought I have a mild allergy to rats (since I do with most animals), and contributed my red and itchy skin to that but is it possible these are the cause?
Anyway thanks a bundle, you guys are always helpful and it seems I always need help :wallbang:
1) I know the lice can't spread to people because its species specific, but can it spread to dogs, and if so can they hitch a ride on me and then spread to the dogs?
2) do I have to manually kill these suckers or will the revolution do all the work?
3) I've always thought I have a mild allergy to rats (since I do with most animals), and contributed my red and itchy skin to that but is it possible these are the cause?
Anyway thanks a bundle, you guys are always helpful and it seems I always need help :wallbang: