Way back when
Ivermectin horse wormer paste first came out I also had the horrible misfortune
of finding out the hard way that Ivermectin and collie type dogs do not
mix. The Collie probably got less than a teaspoon off an empty syringe on
the ground before I could pick it up. She died on the way to the Vet. 2
hours later. The Vet was at a lose and thought it must have been
something else and I'm an Animal Health Tech and thought I should have known but
that was before even the manufacture had really understood this could be lethal
to Collies. Not long after this the drug insert on the paste
wormer added a warning.
You can never be too
careful and as long as you check with your Vet. you should be ok but I never
will use a newer product in cross species applications again.
Your right about cats being
very different in their tolerance of drugs that others seem fine with.
Even aspirin can be lethal and they also can not tolerate morphine type
drugs.
Mary, who is now
paranoid about being sure any collies are locked up when we use
Ivermectin.
Please, please be careful when dosing anything with medications
made for any other species. Yes they can be mixed between species, but you
have to know what it's going to do.
Ivermectin can be very toxic in
higher doses. It can kill a collie pretty quick. The ivermectin
wormers with the tapeworm medication is not something to give a dog unless your
veteriarian has worked out an exact dosage, and you can insure that he gets
that. Keep in mind that in order to get the correct amount of tapewormer
from that horsewormer, you have to overdose the ivermectin for the animal.
NEVER use any medication on a cat that isn't approved by your
veterinarian. Cats are super sensitive to medications. For example,
need to kill your cat?? Give it a tylenol. Slow, painful, and torturous,
but it'll kill that cat!
Having had a litter of gorgeous aussie puppies
into our emergency vet hospital for ivermectin overdose (I just let them lick
some off my finger, it's good for heartworms, right?), and losing 4 of the 6,
lets just say it wasn't pretty, it wasn't cheap, and it certaintly wasn't kind
to the dogs. It's just not worth it in the end.
Yes, my dogs
get plain cattle ivermectin for heartworm preventative. .1 cc per 10
pounds, measured in a syringe, monthly. They never get horse wormers cause
it's too hard to accuratly measure the dosage. The best medication for
tapeworms is Advantage. Keep it on your dog, no fleas, no tapeworms.
It's pretty simple.
We as horse people will spend how much on keeping our
equine companions safe and healthy, but I don't understand why the dogs and cats
aren't treated to the same care and consideration.
