PARAFFIN TO RID RED MITE VIEWS

[the wee red hens]

KEEP READING ABOUT PARAFFIN TO GET RID OF OR PREVENT RED MITES CAN I HAVE SOME VIEWS PLEASE

[Bluedoo]

Don't think it do would do much for the birds either. Get a couple of flights off the loft floor, try some paraffin on them and see how easy it is to get off. Dont know how you would use it on the loft either, without the birds getting covered as well.

[Guest cloudview]

there,s aproduct called clora carb , heard good reports about it , immersion in a bucket for aminute or so , not sure who makes it tho

[THE FIFER]

you could use bleach to spray the loft and nest boxes, but make sure its dry before the birds get in the loft, I mix it with water,

[Guest bigda]

>:(duramitex as it says on the bottle stops red mite

[billy wilson]

the only trouble with clora carb stuart it takes all the shiny bloom off the birds it will come back on again after a while the best time to do them is when the young birds are fully feathered at the baby stage wont see any lice for the rest of the young bird season.

                                                       billy

[rednyellow]

"chloracarb" dont think this is spelt correctly,i keep bantam hens and this is one of the best products for red mite. :)

[Taylorsloft]

a box of matches will do the same job     :P

[rednyellow]

the only trouble with clora carb stuart it takes all the shiny bloom off the birds it will come back on again after a while the best time to do them is when the young birds are fully feathered at the baby stage wont see any lice for the rest of the young bird season.

                                                       billy

 

billy you only need do the loft with chloracarb, regardind the eradication of red mite!! ;)

[Guest strapper]

i mentioned chlorcard ages ago for red mite....same as suggested in other posts..dip birds in a bucket of the mixture .my club members swear by it...not meant for the birds but does the trick...and boy do u see a difference.

 

btw...do the nestlings early in the year with it...good results.

[billy wilson]

rednyellow i dont dispute that,what i like about it one dip hi presto lice gone for the season.its one thing you cant keep away you can put in the nest pans what you like but when the birds go over in a while they are there where they come from is any bodies guess.

[Guest IB]

Not sure I follow: red mite lives in dark places off the bird; most remedies treat the loft not the bird so how will treating the bird (rather than the loft) prevent / cure loft infestation?

 

Also won't paraffin render the loft more likely to go up in flames?

 

 

[Roland]

Great for removing ticks etc. too. But doesn't do much for the feathers. Further it will aggrovat and tends to burn the skin I amj told.

[Guest Freebird]

Definitely will irritate the skin coz I used to use it in my job for cleaning diesel engine components etc, and your skin gets red, dry and tingely but not too seveire so I suppose a quick dip would do no harm to skin but feathers is a different matter as I don't have any(evil)

[Novice]

I believe parrafin was used years ago mainly on poultry housed and painted on the perches thereby killing the mite in the hut.

 

I think modern products will be safer and more effective.

[DOVEScot]

Soak a beer mat and put it under the nest pan, yu can also do this with creosote

[Guest chrisss]

>:(duramitex as it says on the bottle stops red mite

 

my local corn store cannot get it anymore

[Turk]

would vaseline rubbed on the pigeons legs not keep mites away,once removed a tick from me dog many years ago with it the smell chokes them .

[chickadee]

 

my local corn store cannot get it anymore

 

We can still get it here in scotland, but I cannot stand the smell of it cause it smells like poo.

[ALF]

the only trouble with clora carb stuart it takes all the shiny bloom off the birds it will come back on again after a while the best time to do them is when the young birds are fully feathered at the baby stage wont see any lice for the rest of the young bird season.

                                                       billy

 

I dipped all my y/b's in chlorcarb the wednesday before the 1st race and won the race on the saturday and then i won the race today again with my y/b's so it cannae be that bad ;)

[the wee red hens]

HEH THIS PIGEON GAME IS GETTING MORE COMPLICATED BY THE MINUTE

[Merlin]

Copper Sulphate at the rate of a  spoonful to four gallons in the bathwater,for lofts/red mite a stronger soloution mix sprayed on ,also keeps Coci and Canker in check,works for me, old remedy, but extremly effficient and basic simplicity.

[THE FIFER]

Not sure I follow: red mite lives in dark places off the bird; most remedies treat the loft not the bird so how will treating the bird (rather than the loft) prevent / cure loft infestation?

 

Also won't paraffin render the loft more likely to go up in flames?

 

 

thats right, its the loft you must treat, bleach or creosote is a good thing, some old beer mats dipped in creosote and placed under nest bowls will keep them away from the youngsters. or creosote around the edges of your floors, I prefer whashing your floors with bleach water, and make sure your floors are dry before letting birds back in, also spray nest boxes with it as well.

[Guest IB]

 

my local corn store cannot get it anymore

 

It's not produced any more. After existing stocks are gone in the retailers, it will be consigned to the history books. Read the label and you'll see why (1) widespread resistance (2) its an organo-phosphate most of which were withdrawn in 1960's for health (your health   ) reasons.

 

[Guest asha]

i would think ,useing household bleach to control,mite,flea,, problem within loft should be classed as basic beginners mistake,because although will clean very effectively , destroying bacteria also,little will be done to redmite living deep inside cracks and crevices,and within minutes of the gas evapourating you will only have brought damp into your loft,a bad mistake.

As for Duramitex,very very dodgy gear,as it can certainly attack your nervous system,and your body cannot stop the buildup,when i think we used to dip the birds in this stuff,without no protection 25 years ago,jesus talk about killing yourself with kindness,no this is a dinosaur that has no place in your medical shelf being nothing less than a powerful nerve agent,much better  and so so very safer ,Permitherins,cheaply avalible a fair few years now.