How to treat budgie feather tube mites?

Do you always pluck your own hair? If so, there is no cure. A small basin of water should be placed in the cage for bathing in the cage to minimize the incidence of illness.

<> parrot suffers from feather mites and the symptoms are: the sick bird will be restless, frequent pecking feathers, plucking, a large amount of hair loss, ** redness and swelling. Feather mites are a kind of ectoparasite of birds, usually feather mites mainly parasitize the back, outside of wings, and abdomen of birds.

When parrots suffer from the disease, they should be diluted with anthelmintic drugs in time and then bathed.

Most people know that many insects and animals will enter the hibernation period in winter, even if they do not hibernate are not as active as in the past, and the activity of mites will also be affected in cold weather, so most parrots will rarely be harmed by feather mites in winter, however, less does not mean that it is eliminated, and a few parrots will still be threatened by feather mites.

Why do feather mites break out on parrots? In addition to a little luck component, it is also affected by some external factors, on the one hand, the hygienic environment, due to the slow breeding rate of bacteria in the cold weather in winter and the slow spread of odors, so some breeders may greatly reduce the number of times they clean the cage, and this has a great advantage for the breeding environment of feather mites, as well as the reason for the sun

Feather mites like most mites like yin rather than sun, so if the keeper closes the curtains and windows for a long time, causing no ventilation and no direct sunlight indoors, the probability of a large number of feather mites on the parrot will also be greatly increased.

<> when budgies are infected with mite disease, the general symptoms are: hair loss, itching, pecking from time to time**, breathing with the mouth open, scaly lines on the face, sharp and hard substances near the eyes and mouth, etc. In this regard, white petroleum jelly can be applied to budgies**, and if the condition is severe, it can be combined with ivermectin drops, while paying attention to disinfection and maintaining environmental hygiene.

No. The mite killer should not be sprayed on parrots, it will be used on fruit trees or large animals, and it will be poisoned when used on birds.

Mites generally hide on the top of the bird cage during the day, or in the Kibi chain cage, and at night they will climb on the parrot to suck blood. Mites are generally oval in shape, and after sucking blood, they attach to birds like sesame seeds, and they can be seen by the naked eye.

See the question, both possibilities exist.

1. Normal moulting, autumn is also the season for budgies to change their winter feathers. According to individual farming practices, there is also a situation where budgies peck at their own feathers. That is, due to the lack of a certain mineral or vitamin self-pecking feathers, if there is a tiger skin self-pecking feathers, you can take the solution of adjusting the food, increase cereals, and avoid feeding millet alone; Increase the feeding of minerals and calcium, such as red clay, burnt honeycomb coal, cuttlefish bones, etc.

It is also possible to add "feather powder" to food.

2. Insect prevention and disease prevention. When budgies are found to be restless and pecking at their own feathers, there is a possibility that ectoparasites may occur. Mites are not easy to find, you can use a flashlight to shine around the cage and breeding box at night to see if there are small red spots that move, if there are mites, they must be killed quickly.