To be honest Scott, I don't like using any pesticides on my animals but what I like even less is watching my birds becoming anaemic , get sick and die. So being as pestene and sevin
Are labelled for use in poultry I'm going with the ' lesser of two evils '
I have recently started using a...
You misunderstand my meaning. I use poultry dust which is more time consuming than putting a drop of ivermectin or frontline on each bird. I go out at night while they are on the perch , dust everyone down, clean the coops and then spray the coops out. Then do it all again 10 days later.
Pour on insecticides are absorbed into the animals system. The skin is the largest living organ. My point is , stop and think before you put anything on your pets and livestock. The insecticide powders are effective but labour intensive , it is human nature to find a quick ' easy fix ' , but is...
I understand that a lot of people use it with no obvious side effects, just remember that your cat is not part of the food chain. I wonder if you supplied free eggs to your vet whether or not he would feed them to his children.
Hi Scott, I know of two people overdosing with ivermectin. As for frontline many people have the opinion that because they are still standing after having consumed their chickens eggs that the drugs they pump into them must have no ill effect . If you present to ER with pneumonia and find...
Frontline should not be used on poultry. Fipronil is designed for mammals.
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