I’m not mad at anyone, and I posted to you above about the Ovitrol. Life is way too short to be mad about a post online, and I’m sorry if I came off as angry. I think Russ came on too strong with his assumptions about my relationship with my vet, so I posted back to him. That wasn’t even what my original post was about. But I feel better now that I ranted. Usually those posts get typed and then deleted, but it’s a Monday. What can I say?



Ovitrol wasn’t available through my vet (all she had was the dust and Revolution) but I used a very similar product from my pet store. I also think it is a better solution than poultry powder, and since my vet didn’t object that’s what I bought. My vet didn’t seem to think the powder would hurt them any more than the spray, but the spray was gentle, made for rodents and more available to me.



According to what I know of ivermectin (because we use it on horses too) the drug affects a neurotransmitter in the brains of insects. From what I understand this is not a neurotransmitter used the brains of animals with spines. It takes as much as 20 times the normal dosage in calves to cause an overdose. I don’t know enough yet to want to use it on my rats but I am going to ask my vet for more info.
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Anna



The Zoo

Corns

1.0 Snow - Cornelius

1.1 Ghost(pastel) - Eek & Boo

1.1 Amel - Parker & Scarlet

0.1 Hypo - Nikko

0.1 Anery - Missy

0.1 Hypo Motley - Cordelia aka Cordy

Boas

0.1 Columbian (BCC) - Bella

Lizards

1.0 Leopard Gecko - Leo

Rats

0.1 Dumbo Agouti - Moon

1.0 Silvered Black - Pluto

1.0 Powder Blue - Corner

Plus the breeders

Cats

1.1 Siamese - Blue & Fiona

0.1 Gray DMS - Druscilla aka Dru

Horses

1.0 Thourghbred (Hunter/Jumper) - Morgan's Majesty aka Cody

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