13-03-2009, 01:16 AM
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Re: Warning Do Not Use This On Mice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by zany_toon
I'm posting this as a warning in the hope that it will save some one else going through what I did. I took my mice to the vet to get checked out. I'm a new mouse owner and have done my research. Lots of it. The vet decided that the mice had mites and gave me drops - Xenex Ultra - and said one drop would be enough. Having done my research, and trusting my vet as any normal person would, I gave the drop to each of my mice. Within forty minutes I was rushing back to the vet at 70 miles an hour. Two of my mice died on the way to the vet and the vet put the other one down on the spot because she was in so much pain. And what made it worse was that Boo was pregnant. They started taking serous convulsions - almost like watching an epileptic or some one going into anaphylactic shock. Turns out the medicine was the one only to be used on rabbits and large rodents like guinea pigs, so it was a major overdose. Please, please, please check online or on the forums before giving a mouse medicine. I won't be making the same mistake ever again. Needless to say that I am finding another vet for my new meeces. One who will at least check things out before giving me a medicine.
Sob!! I miss my mice!! I was so upset!!!  |
Thats really sad & how upsetting for you to go through. You will find that a lot of vets rush there work & dont take the time to check in the books they have for the right dose to give small rodents. Then you will find vets who dont have the first clue about small rodents & sometimes the bigger rodents but these are people we are putting our trust in to take care of our pets when there ill but you end up not trusting what they say sometimes.
We are very lucky we have a brill vet called Sharon she works at Littlecroft vets in Ellesmere Port, we will only see her as we trust her 100%, she always makes the time for us & always makes time for our animals.
We are really sorry for you that you have lost your mice in this way.
Ian & Carol
Last edited by Froggie; 13-03-2009 at 01:19 AM..
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they should always check drug data sheets before they give a drug to an animal, no matter what type of drug or animal 
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