Naqua Ivermectin 1% 5ml - VET STRENGTH - Mite Treatment for Large Birds. Parrots, Macaws, Cockatoos. Any Bird over 500g. Also kills lice, fleas & ticks. Vet Strength Bird Medicine

This is a very good red mite and hen lice repellent. Use every 6 months

effective item

I think the chickens are preening themselves and each other less. The dose is not so easy to give, unless you have a bird that will keep still for you, 1 drop at a time. I am not sure how much has gone on the chickens but it appears to have done the job. It has no smell (that i can smell). It is a bit pricey for such a small bottle, but if it works it's worth it. This product was recommended to me by the vet so I expected it to work.

As this product states that it is suitable for ‘large birds’ and ‘any bird over 500g’ and Naqua’s web site recommends using this product for poultry on their web site, I used these drops as directed on my pet turkey. The instructions are 1 drop to 500g of body weight, therefore I used 10 drops, given that my turkey is 5kg. It is advised to dose once a week for a period of three weeks. However, following her final dose, my bird became extremely ill. She became lethargic, could not carry her head, she lost all coordination and the ability to stand, her breathing was laboured, she experienced seizures, would not eat and in her last moments vomited profusely, causing her to aspirate and pass away. Now I have researched this drug more fully, I can see that the doseages suggested by Naqua are far too high and that what my girl was experiencing were the effects of toxicity and overdose. I cannot understand why Naqua does not have any information anywhere detailing the risks of toxicity and death when using this product and why they are recommending such high doses which are evidently toxic to birds?? Please don’t make the same mistake I did in using this product.

During a routine check of our chickens we spotted a few lice scuttling about under the feathers of one hen. This smaller bottle of Ivermectin is a cost effective way of treating them. Just drop 1 drop per 500g of body weight, so for a 2kg chicken 4 drops, between their shoulder blades having parted their feathers so you can see the skin. Repeat this once a week for three weeks. Throw away any eggs laid during this period. Within a few days the lice were gone and the three week period breaks the egg cycle. We found this bottle was enough for 14 hens and bantams. Recommended.

Ivermectin Dosage: - Beware, Ivermectin is used off label for chickens, so the recommended dosages can vary between vets and manufacturers. - The most common dosage is 0.2-0.225mg/kg (milligrams per kilogram of body weight), once every 14 days. This is the dosage I have always used; I have found it is effective, treatment frequency is in line with mites egg cycles, it prevents large infestations, and none of my birds have had any negative side effects. - The highest dosage I have seen recommended is 0.4mg/kg but it can sadly cause adverse reactions (I have not used this dosage personally, and do not recommend it). Anything above this can be fatal. - I have never seen a recommendation for treatment more frequently than every 14 days, some say preventative treatment can be every 28 days, so I would never administer weekly doses, especially with this strength. I have a 2.2kg cockerel who is 10 years old (who has outlived all his hens). I was administering 1x Xeno 450 micrograms pipette, every 14 days, until that product became unavailable. Xeno 450 has 450 micrograms of ivermectin per 1ml pipette. 450 micrograms is equivalent to 0.45 milligrams. Therefore, 0.45 milligrams divided by 2.2 (kilograms of body weight) equals 0.21mg/kg, so within the dosage range I have always used. The Xeno 450 1ml pipette strength would also work for a 2kg chicken; 0.45 milligrams divided by 2 (kilograms of body weight) equals 0.225mg/kg, again within the dosage range I have always used. There is a huge difference in the ivermectin strength between Xeno 450 and this product: Naqua ivermectin 1% = 10,000 micrograms (10 milligrams) of ivermectin per 1ml of solution. So each drop is 22 times stronger than Xeno 450. The maths I use for Naqua ivermectin 1% spot on solution: 1 drop of Naqua ivermectin 1% is on average 0.1ml (the manufacturer states there are approximately 50 drops in a 5ml bottle) so each drop averages 0.1 milligrams of ivermectin. Therefore, I would only ever use 1 drop per kilogram of body weight, once every 14 days. I would never use the manufacturers recommended dosage or frequency!! I would also round the body weight down to the last whole kg (I administer a 2kg dose for a 2.2kg cockerel) - as he is treated every 2 weeks, I would not risk applying more than 2 drops, especially given his age. My cockerel does not have a mite infestation so I cannot compare its effectiveness to Xeno 450, but hopefully it is working as a preventative measure (thanks to the number of wood pigeons and wild birds who have brought mites in to my garden over the years). Cockerels should be treated regularly to help reduce the spread of lice and mites in the flock. Once opened, this bottle has a 3 month shelf life, so for me it is not value for money, but it would be for someone with a flock. Egg Withdrawal Period: Has not yet been established for ivermectin however, an egg withdrawal period of 7 days would be recommended, but that is up to the owner, the eggs should not be given away or sold commercially. Due to this, I can appreciate some owners will not treat their hens every 14 days, but that is how larger infestations happen and it would be tempting to follow the manufacturers dosage recommendations for a ‘quick fix’. An overdose of ivermectin can be pretty nasty, if not fatal, so I definitely do not recommend following the manufacturers dosage recommendations. I have given this product 3 stars due to the manufacturer’s dosage being excessive and because I cannot rate its effectiveness. Having read other customers reviews, I felt it was necessary to write this review to hopefully help other customers. I will go back to using Xeno 450 pipettes when/if they become available, for peace of mind, and the pipettes are the correct size for what I need.

Got rid of mites and they haven’t come back. Only thing that has seemed to have worked. Easy to use just a couple of drops of then back of their necks, for ease I did this when they were roosting.

Worked well on my chickens with no issues/side effects. Would recommend