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Aristopet Mite and Mange Spray for Small Animals
Cat
- 2 reviews
DO NOT USE!
If there was a 0 star option it would be given that. My 3 guinea pigs were treated over 3 weeks as we suspected mites. First treatment appeared to make some difference in the inching, as did second, by then we trusted in this product. 3rd spray came around and just in time as we were going away. They seemed very happy again. They were left with family for the holiday duration and we returned, the day we returned we found 1 laying dead. Not something you expect or want to deal with after travelling across the world for 2 days. We took the remai...Read more
ning two the the vet as we no longer knew if they would make it either. The cause, sacroptic mites, which Arisopet didn't kill and in fact made them bury deeper. Luckily the other two were treated just in time. This spray doesn't work and it cost our pets life, cause of death was the mites which had basically been living on his bloodstream. Absolutely devastated. DO NOT BUY. And in general do not but aristopet, I've now thrown every product we own from them.Purchased in July 2021 for $22.99.
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ANDSydney
- 4 reviews
Mouse still itches, and he has now serious neurological problems
I used Aristopet Mite and Mange Spray to treat my two pet mice because they were scratching excessively, so I suspected mites or lice. They are both male and live completely separate lives with separate cages and playgrounds). They've been directly treated 3X with Aristopet, and each time I've thoroughly washed and sun dried and sprayed their cages and all interior and all surfaces they come in contact with, including places they come in contact with infrequently like my desk, window sill, curtains. In addition, cages & interior have been washe...Read more
d, sun dried and sprayed about weekly or sometimes. The product has an alarming, uncomfortable smell, and the mice always get really stressed out when sprayed and then locked into the smelly cages. As for spraying directly on the mice, the product instructions does not specify dosage per treatment per mouse. It says to wipe off excess product, but how much is excess? It says to make sure the animal does not lick its fur after applying the product, but for how long? The Green Cross vet in the petshop where I purchased the product said to hold & distract each mice for 10 min after applying the product, and after 10 min it would be fine. I wasn't 100% successful in preventing furlicking for 10 min, it is not easy and the mice panicked when being sprayed and held (I let them run on me instead, as it wasn't possible to hold them as they were too slippery and panicking). After the 10 min were up and they were put back in their (washed, sprayed) cages, they both groomed excessively for hours, including licking their fur. A few days ago, my favourite mouse's behaviour suddenly changed. He is usually very bold, agile, social, interactive and lively, and has a great temperament - kind of "bomb proof" as much as a mouse can be. He became suddenly withdrawn, and seemed "drunk" when I finally lured him out of his hut. He seemed to not recognise me, and had a wild panic attack when I opened the cage (never seen him like that before - or any animal for that matter). He was throwing himself widely against the sides of the cage, like a wild rocket, and was "beyond reach" mentally for hours after. He tried to climb up to his usual places but appeared confused and unsteady. Later he became calmer again but not as normal. He still behaved "like a stranger", and felt asleep on the top of a card box (very unnatural for a mouse, they normally prefer to sleep hidden in a hut or similar). Now a few days later he is not having panic attacks anymore, but is still not his normal self. He is much less lively and social, appears "dement" some of the time, and has lost his agility. I observed him falling down from the cage ladder today and then tumbling down several times when trying to climb around the cage. He will take treats and drink water, but seems "off". It looks like some sort of neurological disorder or damage. I can't say for sure if it is a side effect of the treatments with Aristopet but it does seem to correlate, and also as the instructions are so vague about dosage and in some ways impossible (like preventing a mouse from licking its fur), it seems likely I've overdosed it repeatedly when treating the mice, and perhaps the surroundings too. Will never use again, but it is too late for my little buddy.
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Update: took the mouse to a specialist vet. He confirmed that the most likely explanation for mouse' issues is overdosing Aristopet, and said that he has seen similar neurological side effects after t... Read more
reating some birds with an Aristopet product (they lost some of them). He instructed that a better way to use Aristopet is to first soak a piece of cotton wool with the product, and then use the cotton wool to wet only the neck and a strip around the neck where the animal can't reach, so it is not able to lick the fur with insecticide at any point in time... in order to minimise the risk of neurological side effects. As far as spraying the surroundings goes, he advised to wash the cage and interior in very hot water (which I did anyway), and then spray it with a much stronger insecticide, and then wash off the insecticide thoroughly before placing the animals back in the cages. Very different from the instructions on the Aristopet package, which I now find irresponsible, since pet owners are inclined to follow the instructions and that can easily to lead to overdosing, depending on a lot of random factors including the mouse's behaviour.