Iverimectin

tom/ desertdog · Post by **tom/ desertdog** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 3:09 am

I started this because i was concernd about some dogs here close to me haveing heat problems& not getting breed. one of these people that is haveing these problems also in the last 10 years that Ive known him had3 coon hounds&2 beagles die at a very young age.He gives his dogs ivermect once a month year round. Makes a person really think. Bev you brought up some very good points, What do you use. is anything 100% safe thanks friend in sport tom

thornie · Post by **thornie** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 4:44 am

I have mentioned this before, and I will tell you that I have used it for
as many years as Pappy. There is a great article that was written by
George Blaine, in The Rabbit Hunter in May 1991. The article he wrote is
Take Care of Your Dogs and Your Dogs Will Take Care of You. I read his
article and have used ivemec, every since. My daughter had a coon hound, that was diaganosed with heart worms by our vet at the cost of $300 for treatment. The dog was 8 yrs. old, but my daughter, couldn't afford the treatment and didn't want to put her to sleep. I used Mr. Blaine's article as a guidline on his treatment of one of his coonhounds and started treating my daughters dog, assuring her of no guarntees. To end this, I will tell you, she lived to be 13 yrs. old. I have this article and
still read it, for references. He also tells the dosage as 1/10 cc per per 10
pounds body weight. He also says it will not get tapeworms. This is my 2
cents. [/b]

Post by **Bev** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 9:04 am

tom/desert, I use Interceptor since it gets the most intestinal parasites. The active ingredient in Interceptor is milbemycin. No guarantee that I'm not doing the same thing to my dogs with milbemycin (Interceptor), but it's extremely difficult to overdose. A hound can eat a package of 6 and not have any apparent ill effects. It's the safest and quickest method I know of so I go with it. I can't see small print very well these days and I'm not about to try and measure out 1/10th of a cc for each 10lbs of dog 15 times every month.

Interceptor's more expensive than cattle ivermectin, no doubt, but I tend to equate things with what I would do with the money otherwise, and to keep 15 dogs free of heartworms, roundworms, hookworms and whipworms for a year costs me less than one of my Jeep payments.

Another member on this board recently paid that much to have one hound treated for heartworms that was reportedly on ivermectin before he bought him.

Interceptor will at least guarantee that your dog will not get heartworms and will back that guarantee up. If a hound on the Interceptor regimen comes down with heartworm they will either pay for the treatment or replace the dog. If that happens using cattle ivermectin all you will get is a "Sorry 'bout your luck". Now if they could just guarantee me that by taking the poison (which all of it is) it would not shorten my hound's lifespan, I'd be tickled pink.

Blu Tick Beagler · Post by **Blu Tick Beagler** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 9:30 am

Nice post Bev! I agree.. Personally I spend the $20-$25 a month for 6-8 months of the year and treat my entire kennel with Heartguard. If you add it up it equals what you might spend at a trial or 2. There are many discount web sites out there that offer Heartguard cheaper than the vet. My vet has had no problem faxing the prescription to them, and it comes right to my door.

tom/ desertdog · Post by **tom/ desertdog** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 10:08 am

Thanks bev , i will try it. i for one sure donot want to slowely kill my dogs.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 10:26 am

I have to disagree with some of the posts about not using ivomec. I and many others I know have used it for many yrs 1/10 cc per 10 lbs of body wt is the standard dose. I have seen coonhounds that lived to 14 yrs of age on this dose every month. One sure thing down here in the south, if you don't use ivomec, heartguard (same drug as ivomec), or some other preventative, your dog will die of heartworms at an early age. If you did a poll of kennels around the USA, I bet most of them use Ivomec. My hunting buddy , who is a Vet, recommends it to me.

tom/ desertdog · Post by **tom/ desertdog** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 5:01 pm

As i stated at the start of this thread, has anyone had any problems with ivomec/? i should of said ivomec for cattle&swine. friend in sport tom.

beagleboy2 · Post by **beagleboy2** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 9:22 pm

What about taking care of all other worms,What does everyone use?some one told me safegaurd was real good to use ,havent yet but any thoughts on it.Thanks

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 12:08 am

I use safeguard and valbazen for most other worms. I use adams no-mo for the tapeworms.

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