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Badger seems to be scratching a lot lately Stuart and Teddy aren't. I have had a look and can't see any mites or anything. Are they very small? can you see them? What do they look like? Could it be anything else? They don't get huge over protein food and there are no scabs. Any suggestions. Jackie > Badger seems to be scratching a lot lately Stuart and Teddy aren't. I have > had a look and can't see any mites or anything. Are they very small? can you > see them? What do they look like? Could it be anything else? They don't get > huge over protein food and there are no scabs. > Any suggestions. > Jackie Mites can not be seen with the eye. Lice you can see them, they look like walking cigars. If there are no scabs, then I wouldn't think it is mites. Have you changed detergent lately? Anything new in the home? One way to really see the scabs would be to give Badger a bath. A bath would also help if Badger is producing too much sebum. (buck grease)  SignatureJoanne Mom to 12 rats http://community.webshots.com/user/joanneb70 j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca remove "no spam" > > Badger seems to be scratching a lot lately Stuart and Teddy aren't. I have > > had a look and can't see any mites or anything. Are they very small? can [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca > remove "no spam" Quite a few people say mites can not be seen, but my ratties had mites a few years ago and you could see them with the naked eye. They were like very tiny black dots crawling around, especially behind the ear area. I had a look at them under the microscope - eurgh! They look like little monsters magnified - eight stumpy legs and little fat bodies...gross. Some mites aren't visible to the naked eye, such as dust mites, but other mites such as bird mites, mould/furniture mites, and mites found on ratties are. Tracey > > > Badger seems to be scratching a lot lately Stuart and Teddy aren't. I > have [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Tracey Hi my boys had mites a couple of weeks ago. I discovered after doing some research that rats have mites on them all the time, and it never bothers them, until they developed an underlying problem, and then they cause problems. I found a really interesting website that gives explains all about the most common mites http://www.rmca.org/Articles/bugs.htm I learnt quite a bit from this. John. > Hi my boys had mites a couple of weeks ago. I discovered after doing some > research that rats have mites on them all the time, and it never bothers [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > John. Ah, so there are three types of mites that effect rats and one type can not be seen by the naked eye, this is probably where the confusion about whether you can see them or not arises from. Interesting article. Didn't like the bit that said, "this one will attack humans"!!! Tracey Well I have had a good old chinwag with a few vets in and around my area as well as some breeders and have been told that we can use FRONTLINE SPRAY FOR PUPPIES on rats for those nasty little mites and lice my usual vet has looked into it for me and has been speaking to other colleagues in different vet surgeries and they have a resounding success with this product. She said that you spray a small amount in your hand about the size of a penny/cent and then proceed to rub the fur the wrong way from the base of the tail upwards and to the base of the neck, and then back down and then do the process again. One of her colleagues has kept Rats for a number of years and has found that because you can use it on puppies from 2 days old he has used it for years, and also that it is cheaper in the long run for people who know that their rats have mites etc. and after paying the vets to tell them what they already know they then have to pay for prescription on top and it becomes an expensive exercise. Hope you find this interesting. Jackie <talton@members.v21.co.uk> wrote in message news:2jt412F15fja4U1@uni-berlin.de... > > Hi my boys had mites a couple of weeks ago. I discovered after doing some > > research that rats have mites on them all the time, and it never bothers [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Tracey > Well I have had a good old chinwag with a few vets in and around my area as > well as some breeders and have been told that we can use FRONTLINE SPRAY FOR [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > becomes an expensive exercise. Hope you find this interesting. > Jackie This is great info Jackie!!! Thanks!!! SignatureJoanne Mom to 12 rats http://community.webshots.com/user/joanneb70 j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca remove "no spam" Thanks for that info Jackie, I will have to see if that is available here. That would be a lot less stressful than giving it orally..:) Regards Kate > Well I have had a good old chinwag with a few vets in and around my area as > well as some breeders and have been told that we can use FRONTLINE SPRAY FOR [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > > Tracey > Well I have had a good old chinwag with a few vets in and around my area as > well as some breeders and have been told that we can use FRONTLINE SPRAY FOR [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > becomes an expensive exercise. Hope you find this interesting. > Jackie Yes, thanks for that Jackie! I'm going to save your above info for future reference when my boys next get nasty critters bothering them. Tracey > > Well I have had a good old chinwag with a few vets in and around my area > as [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Tracey Hi I have used frontline spray on my cats, as I used to rescue a lot. If you look on the instructions, it actually says its highly toxic, and to apply, you need to use gloves. I would be very reluctant to use that on a rat. John. Well yes it is a toxic substance but then isn't most mite killing stuff and you only put a small amount on your ratties you don not spray it into the fur like cats and dogs. And also you will find that if you use it in the same amount on your children's hair it will kill headlice. headlice stuff is very expensive to but here and my doctor got fed up with his daughters coming home with the little buggers, so he spoke to a toxicologist and he said used sparingly just rubbed into the hair not the scalp can keep them at bay for a couple of months at a time. But as with all medicines human or animal there is always a risk that your animal can have an adverse reaction to things. I suppose you have to way up the pros and cons. Jackie > > > Well I have had a good old chinwag with a few vets in and around my area > > as [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > John. wow, I'm surprised that your doctor suggested that. It only takes a small amount of poison to do a rat harm. Personally I would not recommend it, but if you feel its safe, then that's up to you. > Well yes it is a toxic substance but then isn't most mite killing stuff and > you only put a small amount on your ratties you don not spray it into the [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > > > John. > Interesting > article. Didn't like the bit that said, "this one will attack > humans"!!! Eeeek! - so can I use frontline on myself as well as the rat? |
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