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Dee
This is my first experience with what I think may be mite/lice, not sure, a few people have told me it's mite that my guineas have, one is worse than the other with biting himself and scratching like mad.
At first I though it was their nails, their nail grow terribly fast and I sometimes leave them bit long and I thought for ages that was causing the sores and scratching.
Then I started researching it as it has become worse now the sores are on both his sides and back and from what I have read it's mite.
Vet's being sooooooooo dear here there just isn't the money to bring them, so I went to a pet store, they gave me a spray and told me to use it every second day until it ran out, which I have been doing and it has made no difference so again I researched it online to only find out today that the sprays are deadly to the guineas :'( I am terribly upset cos I don't want to have done them more harm.
I was recommended to buy a product called 'Ivermectin ' you can get it in drop form or needle, I am petrified of using needles on them :o :o I would be afraid of doing it completely wrong but the drops that I have found are outside Ireland and no one will ship to Ireland, even the needle form are not sold online for Ireland and no one will deliver here.
I am at my wits end as of what to do.
Another Mother told me that they are contagious to human :o :o I am pregnant and she told me that I need to gt rid of the guineas as it can be deadly to my unborn baby, please advise I am up the walls here.e
At first I though it was their nails, their nail grow terribly fast and I sometimes leave them bit long and I thought for ages that was causing the sores and scratching.
Then I started researching it as it has become worse now the sores are on both his sides and back and from what I have read it's mite.
Vet's being sooooooooo dear here there just isn't the money to bring them, so I went to a pet store, they gave me a spray and told me to use it every second day until it ran out, which I have been doing and it has made no difference so again I researched it online to only find out today that the sprays are deadly to the guineas :'( I am terribly upset cos I don't want to have done them more harm.
I was recommended to buy a product called 'Ivermectin ' you can get it in drop form or needle, I am petrified of using needles on them :o :o I would be afraid of doing it completely wrong but the drops that I have found are outside Ireland and no one will ship to Ireland, even the needle form are not sold online for Ireland and no one will deliver here.
I am at my wits end as of what to do.
Another Mother told me that they are contagious to human :o :o I am pregnant and she told me that I need to gt rid of the guineas as it can be deadly to my unborn baby, please advise I am up the walls here.e