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Mites? What to do!?

I think we have to buy it ourselves
 
check everything with the vet. Normally the vets will give the medication to you with a label detailing what to do.
You really need to start treatment ASAP though as the skin looks quite sore.
 
Ummm for I contact the vet
 
Did they give you a prescription for the revolution and you were meant to collect it from somewhere? Or did they give you the revolution? When did they say you should apply it?
 
The told us to just get revolution from some where
 
I would ring the vet and see if they can prescribe it so you get it from them. I find that very odd that they prescribed baytril but wouldn’t give you revolution. Did they tell you where you can get it?
 
Yeah Amazon or chewy
 
I’ve not heard of vets prescribing a treatment and telling you to get it yourself, particularly if they’ve given you prescribed and dispensed you Baytril. Are they both on Baytril? How much and for how long? .
 
I'm supposed to syringe them baytril for 14 days and apply the revolution 1 a month
 
0.6 ml a day and it's to help the skin repair
 
I think you need to speak to the vets to ask them to prescribe and dispense you anti mite treatment and clarify the treatment intervals, as once a month won’t kill off a mites infestation.
 
Can you get to a more piggy savvy vet?

Baytril is an antibiotic that won't do anything for a mites infestation.

Which country are you in?
 
Pht said:
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You need to kill the adult parasites, then their eggs they’ve laid, then at least one more round to kill off any surviving eggs or mites. And their growth cycle is far quicker than monthly
 
Wiebke said:
Can you get to a more piggy savvy vet?

Baytril is an antibiotic that won't do anything for a mites infestation.

Which country are you in?
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She’s in Kentucky US if I remember correctly
 
They are surface mites not borrowing (don't know the actual name)
 
I don’t think it matters whether they’re burrowing or surface. If it’s mites they need treatment. I would suggest you try and ring up another of the vets from the list I linked to a few pages back. Try and get your piggies seen and see how they think you should proceed in terms of treatment.
 
I don't know we didn't go in with the vet
 
I don't know what to do because we can't afford another 200$ vet visit
 
Pht said:
I don't know we didn't go in with the vet
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The vet should have told you everything they did, the diagnosis and given you the appropriate treatment. It is harder now we can’t go into the appointment but I have had one of my piggies at the vet during this pandemic and the vets still give you full details of everything that the owner needs to know.
 
Yeah I don't know what to do anymore
 
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