Jump to content

Mites


george49
 Share

Recommended Posts

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.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 year later...
Guest robscott

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 ?.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
 Share

  • Advert: Morray Firth One Loft Classic
  • Advert: M.A.C. Lofts Pigeon Products
  • Advert: RV Woodcraft
  • Advert: B.Leefe & Sons
  • Advert: Apex Garden Buildings
  • Advert: Racing Pigeon Supplies
  • Advert: Solway Feeders


×
×
  • Create New...