Mom faxed in the weights for me this morning (it's raining, and I can't get anything done on dreary days), and I phoned a little while ago concerning Lara's weight (I know she's really heavy, but I don't think she should be getting far more medication than the kākāriki who are larger in surface area than her), and concerning Ivermectin vs Revolution. The receptionist said that Dr. Morris had written in his notes that Ivermectin only works for mites? I didn't argue with her or anything, I just said that Ivermectin was normally used for mites and lice, and I was wondering why Revolution would be used. They'll be phoning me back about the whole Lara scenario, either way (I can't believe she weighs 68g!).
As for the safety of Revolution, we've used the stuff with at least four different dogs with no bad reactions. As for what you said concerning pet products, Allee, I agree. A couple of years ago, Morris started pushing the K9 Advantage or whatever it's called (well, not pushing it, more promoting it), since it has better coverage in terms of parasites it wards off. Long story short, our smallest chihuahua, Abby, ended up getting painful abrasions on her feet from kicking so much (she had hot spots from the medication), and Teddy, my shih-poo, had this huge, green, raw, weeping patch on his back. They reacted really baldly to that medication, so we had to put them back on the Revolution. Gizmo, our other chihuahua, was fine, but we put him on the Revolution too.
Thanks for replying guys
! I'm glad nobody's started talking smack yet about Lara being so heavy. I swear, I try to take pretty good care of my birds. Some days we don't have as many organic veggies as I'd like, so they only get Goldn'obles III, a couple of veggies, and some millet thrown on the bottom of the aviary for them to forage for. I also don't rotate their toys very often, and I might not clean as often as I should...
Man, Lara was such a good girl when I had to weigh her repeatedly! She didn't nip me once! Noah's my only hand tame bird, so I'm impressed! She's always been gentle with humans, though. Oh, and she hasn't been maiming the kākāriki lately! Now she just gently grabs them by the foot and releases them after a few seconds (they haven't been crying out in pain or limping). I had to separate her a while back because there was a string of "mysterious injuries" on the kākāriki's feet (I felt Noah wasn't responsible). And Noah is being quite gentle when he picks on them, too. Wow, it sounds like I'm keeping the kākāriki in an unsafe environment
. I swear, they're fine! If they felt threatened, they wouldn't be eating from the same plate as the bullies.
Right, I'll have to talk to them again about the Ivermectin. Mom says Dr. Morris knows what he's doing and that I shouldn't really be doubting him, but compared to the average guardian, I actually know a thing or two about the species I care for.
. I'll mention Ivermectin to the doctor to see if there's a reason he wants to use Revolution instead.
.
