Mites

[peter pandy]

well i would try the lighter fuel on it then just soak affected area with it :animatedpigeons:

 

Lighter fuel will burn the skin..

[tommy bhoys]

Lighter fuel will burn the skin..

how do you know that mate ? :animatedpigeons:

[hawked again]

Surgical spirit worked on my two hens with only one application and it cost next to nought.

[peter pandy]

how do you know that mate ? :animatedpigeons:

 

Lighter fuel is NAPTHA.

[tommy bhoys]

Lighter fuel is NAPTHA.

well mate ive used it and it works birds have never said its burns them but i tell u summit they are lightning fast after it :animatedpigeons:

[philg50]

Feather deplumeing mite i think we are talking about treat with Atroban from vet if you still get it imo.

[tommy bhoys]

Lighter fuel is NAPTHA.

naptha is a hydrocarbon does nt say it burns skin :animatedpigeons:

[peter pandy]

Used to have a Zippo lighter and kept it in my chest pocket and it leaked. My chest ended up raw and required medical treatment which is why I know it burns the skin. All lighter fluid is more flammable than petrol as it is distilled finer.

[IanO]

Pigeon Dip from Hyperdrug, follow instructions ,after birds are dipped you can use it to spray the inside of loft.

[tiger]

use parfin that will sort it

[harry h]

use parfin that will sort it

 

BUM BUM BUM ESSO BLUE.

[hawked again]

£1:95 for 500 ml and it works!

 

 

http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/surgical-spirit-500ml/prd-m5l

[Kyleakin Lofts]

i had that same problem years ago and i asked this old fancier for a remedy, he said chad put some sugar on them,i said will that cure it he said no, but it will rot there teeth lol

 

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[Guest IB]

Need to be sure which one you're dealing with: Quill Mite that lives within the quill below skin level and feeds by sucking fluids from the birds soft tissue by piercing through the quill wall well below skin level; or Depluming Mite, that cause feather shafts to break off leaving a stubbly bare patch on the chest.

 

The first type was first described by vet Frank Harper in his video and he used Front Line to clear it. He doesn't say which one, which strength or how to treat. Wim Peters refers to it on p197 of fit to win 2. Very difficult to treat as it wasn't known when in the feather growing cycle the mite enters the quill.

 

By coincidence noticed a new advert in BHW 7th Feb p99 for a cure for Depluming Mite: Meditech Feather Rot Kit, Ivermectin + Copper Sulphate. I'd bother with this for the first time last year, 2 birds. I sprayed the area with Virkon S, and while still wet used puffer-powder version of Johnson's Mite spray (permethrin) over the area. Done that a few times and seems to have worked.

[William Reid]

i had that same problem years ago and i asked this old fancier for a remedy, he said chad put some sugar on them,i said will that cure it he said no, but it will rot there teeth lol

. :emoticon-0136-giggle:

[Guest robscott]

£1:95 for 500 ml and it works!

 

 

http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/surgical-spirit-500ml/prd-m5l

i got problem with red mite,i just bought a loft and trees over hang the loft which somone pointed out cause mite,which ill chop trees down after racing finished.so this surgical spirt ill give that a go whats rate in water as ill spray loft ?.

[walterboswell59]

hi mate i would use ivermectin it worked for me :animatedpigeons:

i agree with tommy it sounds like de plouming mite spelling dont know if this new travis pharma anti sect would help also

[peter2010]

i agree with tommy it sounds like de plouming mite spelling dont know if this new travis pharma anti sect would help also

if it does do the trick thats all it will be good for

[peter pandy]

Has any one on Basics tried "Insecticidal Pigeon Dip" from Hyperdrug Pharmaceuticals for the long term eradication of mites and lice.

[peter pandy]

Has any one on Basics tried "Insecticidal Pigeon Dip" from Hyperdrug Pharmaceuticals for the long term eradication of mites and lice.

I take it thats a NAW then.

[gulkie]

Haven't heard of it Peter?still using durimtex