My hedgehog Loki had his first vet appointment yesterday, as he has had very dry skin and quill loss as well as scratching and I was concerned about Mites, a concern that was confirmed at the appointment. However, my vet (an exotic pet specialist) had never used Revolution as a treatment on hedgehogs, and has only ever used Ivermectin as a treatment in the form of the three injections. However, I only unfortunately now saw all the threads pertaining to the horrible potential effects of ivermectin and I am now terrified. She has treated other hedgehogs with the invermectin without any issues, (I called upon discovering all the stories on here). However, I now do not know what to do. He had his first shot already.. Is it possible to switch to Revolution rather than continuing with the ivermectin? And what can I tell my vet, who has never used it as treatment before? Will she even know what to do?
I checked on Loki last night and this morning, and he had eaten his food and appeared to have drank some of his water, and his toys had moved about however I could hear him making small squeeking noises from his home and became concerned so I lifted his igloo up and he continued the noises while also huffing a little bit while curled into his little spike ball. My other concern is that he usually uses his litterpan under his wheel, but this morning he hadn't used it, instead had used it in his tube...perhaps trying to "protect" himself after the stressful day at the vet? I also had to physically remove him from the tube so i could clean it and by the time I came back he had returned to his house, but the noises had stopped... I am extremely concerned and feel extremely guilty if anything were to happen to him.. he is just a little boy. =(
I checked on Loki last night and this morning, and he had eaten his food and appeared to have drank some of his water, and his toys had moved about however I could hear him making small squeeking noises from his home and became concerned so I lifted his igloo up and he continued the noises while also huffing a little bit while curled into his little spike ball. My other concern is that he usually uses his litterpan under his wheel, but this morning he hadn't used it, instead had used it in his tube...perhaps trying to "protect" himself after the stressful day at the vet? I also had to physically remove him from the tube so i could clean it and by the time I came back he had returned to his house, but the noises had stopped... I am extremely concerned and feel extremely guilty if anything were to happen to him.. he is just a little boy. =(
