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[RC] [RC] ? horse ivermectin for dogs?OT - Mary

 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. 

Juli and the critters...