red mite

bruce · Joined: May 15, 2010 Posts: 174

hi all

i discovered a lot of red mite in one of my nest boxes today ... the chicks are coming up to three weeks old ... there is no feather loss on any bird at the moment and i would like to keep it that way... im going to get some mite spray and invermicin. going to take out both nest boxes and sterilise them with fire Twisted Evil

.... gonna spray flight every where with mite spray.
the invermicin is pet grade ... will i need something stronger from a vet perhaps ???
what can i use one the chicks is there an age limit to these treatments???
any help would be w3c

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bruce · Joined: May 15, 2010 Posts: 174

thanks guys

i gave the chicks the treatment and so far they are fine .... it says on the instructions to go by weight ... no less than 50g and the chicks were 70g.
it didn't say anything about age on the instructions so i guess there isn't an issue.
it's been two days since i treated box, flight, and birds and all seems fine ... im going to re-apply treatment in a week and then once more for good measure a couple of week later. i used invermectin for medium sized birds by beaphur and a aerosol spray for mite made by johnsons .... i also bought some johnsons mite spray which came in a vaporiser bottle and this was much more effective than the aerosol.
gonna be more vigilant with the vinegar/water solution now as prevention is cheaper than the treatment i've just had to buy.