Hello and a Happy New Year to All, I am doing a round (or 2,3, or 4) of Revolution on everybody in my household as a prophylactic for sarcoptic mange. I am suppose to give only a dose of the kitten size because my kids have not been tested for heartworm. If I want (and I want) to give a dose large enough for the heartworm protection also I have to have all of them tested first. So, I need to know how is the testing done? I am assuming it is a blood test. How much blood is needed and who does the testing? Does it go out to a lab like Idexx or is it something that can be done in house? What does it usually cost? Lab fees ect. Are Are there multiple discounts offered like on the ADV testing? How long does it take to get the results? The Pecan update isn't good. I really thought I was doing well with him. I had managed to debride his feet and around his muzzle and his ears. The stuff that came out of his ears and around his mouth was awful. Some of the skin I removed was over 3/16 of an inch thick. He laid in my lap and let me pick at his ears without ever shaking his head once. I had loosened his crustiest with baby oil on his face and with bag balm and at bath time for his feet. His feet, ears and muzzle were a bright pink instead of brown and black. Of course all the hair came off with the skin. At the vets they said he should have been much further along in his healing process if all we were dealing with was the sarcoptic mites. They are now thinking possible PF (which I can't remember what it stands for, cats get it and it is an auto immune disease) or possible lymphoma of the skin. They wanted to do a skin biopsy and I refused. It was an additional $400. The bill was already up to $247 for the day. I was really hoping that they would say he could come off his 2X daily injections and his other oral med but that was not to be either. We will continue for another 4 weeks on the Baytril, Sub Q's and forconizole(sp) And of course those retched twice a week baths. I did get some Carnivore Care to see if we can get him to eat better. At least his fungal cultures came back negative today. I really thought that when one of the others in the house that had been with Pecan started with symptoms of the sarcoptic mange meant that it was definitely only the mange we were dealing with but I was wrong. I am so sad and so is Pecan. Please send good vibes our way. We are both very tired. Thanks and Love, Mary Jo and Pecan [Posted in FML 5476]