Tick infested hutch

[Malt 379]

My albino jill took herself on a walk about last weekend. Just examined her this morning and had to remove about 10 ticks off her, and one off my Hob. While cleaning out the hutch, on close inspection it is lifting with loads of tiny ticks. can anybody recommend a good insectiside?

Edited September 20, 2007 by maltenby

[Kay 3,709]

My albino jill took herself on a walk about last weekend. Just examined her this morning and had to remove about 10 ticks off her, and one off my Hob. While cleaning out the hutch, on close inspection it is lifting with loads of tiny ticks. can anybody recommend a good insectiside?

 

i would use frontline on the ferrets but not sue about the hutch , i have out of desperation done the hutch with frontline before but its a tad expencive to be used in that way so not sure other than burn the thing

[ferretville 69]

Srub the hutch out with some watered down bleach in boiling water and leave the hutch to dry. Done it with mine before and it was spot on not too much bleach mind you don`t want to stink the hutch out. It hasn`t harmed my ferrets and the hutch is clean . All the best fv

[Malt 379]

Thanks for the advice. Went to the pet shop and the very helpfull woman phoned johnsons for me to find out which one of their products would be suitable.

I bought a product called 'Cage 'n' Hutch insect spray'. I then completly emptied the hutch of everything, put the ferrets in the run and blasted the whole can on to every surface, and into every crack and joint.

At £3.60 for the can it is quite good value.

After a few hours I inspected the hutch and was quite impressed. All of the horrible little bas***ds were dead. Now i'm going to get some frontline for puppies to put on the ferts just to make sure.

Just phoned the vet, and he tried to sell me 3 vials for £21! I think i'll wait until tomorrow and visit the pet shop.

I've never put frontline on a ferret before, so would I be right in thinking that half of a small vial will be enough for each fert? (or too much?) Any advice would be appreciated.

Edited September 20, 2007 by maltenby

[ferretville 69]

Glad you got your hutch sorted maltenby. When me mate frontlines his he normally just puts a bit on the back of the neck seems to do the job for him. Goin for some bait feckin starvin fv

[byrney 2]

Thanks for the advice. Went to the pet shop and the very helpfull woman phoned johnsons for me to find out which one of their products would be suitable.

I bought a product called 'Cage 'n' Hutch insect spray'. I then completly emptied the hutch of everything, put the ferrets in the run and blasted the whole can on to every surface, and into every crack and joint.

At £3.60 for the can it is quite good value.

After a few hours I inspected the hutch and was quite impressed. All of the horrible little bas***ds were dead. Now i'm going to get some frontline for puppies to put on the ferts just to make sure.

Just phoned the vet, and he tried to sell me 3 vials for £21! I think i'll wait until tomorrow and visit the pet shop.

I've never put frontline on a ferret before, so would I be right in thinking that half of a small vial will be enough for each fert? (or too much?) Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi, ive had some trouble with ticks myself. I did some research and was advised to use the frontline for kittens and to use one drop per pound of ferret. This was before you could by a pet shops so i ended up using the frontline for cats and it worked fine. Hope this helps.