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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / October 2006Mr Tiddles
Well I'm taking Mr Tiddles to the vets tommorow as he has lots of little marks on his back, i'm presuming it's mites. I have checked the other boys and they all seem okay other than Mr Chips who has a few on him. I phoned the vets up yesterday, normal vets not the RSPCA one and orrigionly just booked in Mr T but then I phoned back because I thought well does the vet need to see them all if they're living together, the receptionist said yes he would which would cost me over £100.00 just in the consultation fee without even the tretment, told receptionist I couldnt afford that so she told me to qrauretine Mr T and just take him. Poor Mr T April > Well I'm taking Mr Tiddles to the vets tommorow as he has lots of little > marks on his back, i'm presuming it's mites. I have checked the other boys [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > April Well, usually if one rat has mites, they all have mites but don't all show symptoms. If you treat one rat and not the others. Mr Tiddles will just get it again. If you get Ivermectin, a horse wormer paste found at feed and farm stores, you can treat your rats yourself. Joanne Owned by 20 rats > > Well I'm taking Mr Tiddles to the vets tommorow as he has lots of little > > marks on his back, i'm presuming it's mites. I have checked the other boys [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Joanne > Owned by 20 rats I agree with Joanne. Ivermectin is cheap and can be bought from those feed stores where you buy horse feed, chicken food and those sort of products. It will get rid of worms as well as external parasites like mites. You get ivermectin over the counter so don't need to waste money on a vet consult. Alternatively ask your vet for some. Here in Australia I use the ivermectin for sheep (the tradename is Ivomec) which comes in liquid form. I actually bought about 200mL of it from my vet and this will last me numerous years and then some. It only cost me $15. I've decided to use it on my cats aswell, all those worm and flea products really do add up. If you decide to go with ivermectin I can tell you what dosage to give the rats. You may need kitchen scales to weigh them though. I hate to say it, but your vet seems a bit unreasonable and greedy. I wonder if the receptionist had it wrong. Dewi. I agree with Joanne. Ivermectin is cheap and can be bought from those feed stores where you buy horse feed, chicken food and those sort of products. It will get rid of worms as well as external parasites like mites. You get ivermectin over the counter so don't need to waste money on a vet consult. Alternatively ask your vet for some. Here in Australia I use the ivermectin for sheep (the tradename is Ivomec) which comes in liquid form. I actually bought about 200mL of it from my vet and this will last me numerous years and then some. It only cost me $15. I've decided to use it on my cats aswell, all those worm and flea products really do add up. If you decide to go with ivermectin I can tell you what dosage to give the rats. You may need kitchen scales to weigh them though. I hate to say it, but your vet seems a bit unreasonable and greedy. I wonder if the receptionist had it wrong. Dewi. Hi I think the receptionist had it a little wrong, when I told the vet that the receptionist had told me I would be charged for each of them she said that she would not have charged me for each and every rat. April Well, usually if one rat has mites, they all have mites but don't all show symptoms. If you treat one rat and not the others. Mr Tiddles will just get it again. If you get Ivermectin, a horse wormer paste found at feed and farm stores, you can treat your rats yourself. Joanne Owned by 20 rats Hi Thanks for that, it will be useful in the future. The vet was really helpful actually cause I explained to her that Tiddles was living with others but I was told that if I brought them all down I would be charged the consultation fee for each of them and that I couldnt afford it because I am currently on benefits due to a personal situation not through choice by a long way. I told her that I had checked them all over and it was Mr Tiddles having the bad case and Mr Chips having a mild case but the rest of them being clear. She basically said the same as you but was really nice and gave me treatment to treat all of them and if I don't notice a difference in a week or so then i'm to take them back. April On Oct 21, 10:34 am, "April & Stewart" <bowman...@REMOVESPAMbtopenworld.com> wrote: > Hi Thanks for that, it will be useful in the future. The vet was really > helpful actually cause I explained to her that Tiddles was living with [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > April That's great, usually vets won't give enough meds for all the rats especially without seeing them. >> April > > That's great, usually vets won't give enough meds for all the rats > especially without seeing them. I'm thinking she may have taken pity on me, she just asked if the rats were a similar size to each other and how old they were. She was actually pretty good. April |
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