Lice Help Please....

[elevan]

Don't give it IM. If you inject it should be SQ. Injecting ivermectin is what I prefer for lice.

I wouldn't overload them though. Pick one method and go with it. Just don't forget to repeat in 14 days (that's the critical part).

 

[allanimals21]

so what are your ideas for young kids? I have some that are like 3 weeks old and then 3 that were born yesterday. I thought about rubbing them down with DE just to keep away from chemicals. DE is all natural right? And I've been reading it works on lice.

 

[elevan]

so what are your ideas for young kids? I have some that are like 3 weeks old and then 3 that were born yesterday. I thought about rubbing them down with DE just to keep away from chemicals. DE is all natural right? And I've been reading it works on lice.

I treat kids the same way that I do adults - ivermectin SQ since I have kids so tiny (Pygmies) I use a diabetic syringe.

DE is "all natural". You can use it. It might work.

 

[redtailgal]

When mine were kids I did the DE. It worked great, but I needed to repeat it weekly for 4 weeks before I got rid of all of them.

 

[allanimals21]

Well, the 3 born last night I was going to rub them down as a preventative since mom just got treated 2 days ago with Ivermec. The 3 week old kids I didn't see anythign on them. My way of thinking just do them 1-2 times a week until I've finished my rounds of ivermectin with the adults?

 

[redtailgal]

That might work.

You can put the DE in an old sock and get better coverage that way.

I'd check the every 7 days until I saw no more signs.

 

[allanimals21]

I noticed that even after the ivermectin some of the adults had a few live crawlies...not where near what they had...maybe I should rub everyone down