lice/mite treatment?

[DJ]

can anyone tell me if lice/mites can be treated via the drinking water ?  ive tried spraying them with the usual spray treatments and when after a week or so i noticed that some were still on the pigeons  i tried a one drop treatment on the back of their necks but this hasnt worked either ?   surely there has to be an easier way to treat for lice/mites then treating them all individually?   as im a novice any advice would be appreciated    

                                                debbie

[Guest 67ghirl]

Just a thought Debbie but are you also treating the Loft as they can live/breed off the Birds?

[bewted]

keep garlic in drinking and bath water and in time they are all gone,,,,done it myself,,,good stuff it works,but,.loft stinks a bit of garlic !!!

[THE FIFER]

put some good strong garlic water in the bath they wont have lice for long, you can even spray garlic water around the nest bowls or better still crush up a garlic bulb and put it under the nest bowls,

[jimmy_84]

keep garlic in drinking and bath water and in time they are all gone,,,,done it myself,,,good stuff it works,but,.loft stinks a bit of garlic !!!

 

i do theis and haven't had a problem since doing so

[chichichi]

WE USE VINEGAR IN THE BATHS,, ONCE A WEEK = NO LICE.. MALT VINEGAR GOOD SLOSH INTO BATH THEN FILL WITH WATER,, IT WILL BUBBLE UP A BIT BUT SORT HE LICE OUT..

 

CHEAP ASWELL

 

ANT

[jimmy_84]

WE USE VINEGAR IN THE BATHS,, ONCE A WEEK = NO LICE.. MALT VINEGAR GOOD SLOSH INTO BATH THEN FILL WITH WATER,, IT WILL BUBBLE UP A BIT BUT SORT HE LICE OUT..

 

CHEAP ASWELL

 

ANT

 

cider viniger is also good

[THE FIFER]

WE USE VINEGAR IN THE BATHS,, ONCE A WEEK = NO LICE.. MALT VINEGAR GOOD SLOSH INTO BATH THEN FILL WITH WATER,, IT WILL BUBBLE UP A BIT BUT SORT HE LICE OUT..

 

CHEAP ASWELL

 

ANT

 

yes vinegar is another good one which also clears their nostrils,

 

 

[rooster]

treat with moxidectin in the drinking water , or 3 to 5ml of ivermec and 1/2 a cup of vinegar in the bath water once a month,

[pjc]

still waiting for mine Rooster!

[ChrisMaidment08]

horse wormer one half inches paste in two half lites warm water mix killls worms lice mites twelve quid tube lasts years

[pjc]

i always strugled to get it to disolve

[ChrisMaidment08]

i always strugled to get it to disolve

 

use hotter water then keep stirring ;D ;D ;D ;D :-/

[pjc]

I would have though hot water would kill off some of the ingrediants!

[frank-123]

a little water to get it softer then just as chris says mix it then keep adding water until it dissolves

 

me i used a fogger this year i bought in the usa kills all the lice and have been lice free all season

[ChrisMaidment08]

never thought of that still usedit with good results

[ChrisMaidment08]

a little water to get it softer then just as chris says mix it then keep adding water until it dissolves

 

me i used a fogger this year i bought in the usa kills all the lice and have been lice free all season

 

go to doctors tell him you keep itching but there is nothing there he will give you stuff for bath use it on birds gets rid of lice cost nowt

[frank-123]

http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fogger/

 

brought back three tins one for each loft

[ALF]

http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fogger/

 

brought back three tins one for each loft

 

It must have been cheap if you bought it :P ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[steve]

 

go to doctors tell him you keep itching but there is nothing there he will give you stuff for bath use it on birds gets rid of lice cost nowt

 

unless your working its £7.10p

 

[ChrisMaidment08]

no we dont pay in wales

[rooster]

still waiting for mine Rooster!

 

              sorry forgot mate i will post it monday pm me your details ,

[steve]

no we dont pay in wales

i don't bloody belive it

i thought it was the just scots that got the best deals

 

 

[Guest IB]

I use garlic in drinking water and the bath water at least once a week; fresh for drinking, a week old for bathing (tip remains of Monday's drinkers in a bucket and keep it till following Sunday);

 

I also have harka-mectin as back-up, two-drops used on individual birds as a last resort kind of thing; what you are maybe experiencing Debbie, is adults dying off, but re-infestation with juveniles - a fresh hatch? Found that once with harka-mectin drops isn't usually enough to clear the bird completely.

[ALF]

I dip all my birds in Chlocarb before the start of the season and i dont see anymore lice on them all season after that quick and quite easy to do aswell