[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Mange

[Ann Evans]

If your piggy has mange take it to a vet. The Cambridge Cavy Trust, CCT, 
recommends if your cavy is less than 3 months old to give it orally 0.05 
ml of 1.0% Ivermectin for injection. Repeat this dose in 10 days. If 
your cavy is 3 months or older The CCT recommends to give orally 0.1 ml 
of 1.0% Ivermectin for injection and repeat in 10 days. Regardless of 
your piggy's age he should also be given a single dose orally 0.4 ml 
2.5% Panacur = fenbendazole or 0.4 ml 2.5% Valbazen = albendazole. The 
dose is based on metabolic rate not on body weight and is 10 mg of 
either of these drugs. There is a more detailed discussion of treating 
parasites in cavies at my web page 
http://piggyville.com/index.php?id=9. I am not a vet but I volunteer as 
a cavy health advisor for Dr. Frank Bonsack DVM of the Adventure Animal 
Hospital in Tampa Florida.
http://adventureanimalhospital.com/

Cheers,

Ann and the Rescued Piggys of Piggyville, Tampa Florida USA.