My mouse has mites... is rubbing alcohol ok to use?

Question

i called petco and the one person said to use 1/3 rubbing alcohol and the rest water just dont out it on the face... i have never heard of this and dont want to do anything to hurt her... has anyone else heard of this?

Answer 1

alochol will not kill mites, get some mite killer made for MICE at the pet store, they make cage hangers that keep mice from getting mites, should be only 2 or 3 applacations to fix

Answer 2

I would not listen to the people at petco.

Mice groom themselves and rubbing alcohol does NOT sound like something safe to put on him, because he may l**k it off. I don't know if that would do much to the mites, anyway. You need to bring him in to a vet and get the proper treatment, or purchase Ivermectin from a feed or tractor supply store and find out the proper dosage. Are you even certain that it's mites? They can't be seen by the human eye, so generally a vet will take a scraping and examine it under a microscope to see. Make sure to clean out his entire cage, all his toys, throw out anything wood, and soak all hideouts and items in the cage in a water/bleach solution. Then spray them all with vinegar/water and rinse.