Scaly face and leg mite (Knemidocoptes) in parrots
Other names: Scabies، Face disease، White crust on the beak
Symptoms
- Spongy white scales around the beak, cere and eye
- Beak growth deformity
- Scales on the legs and cloaca
How it spreads
Direct contact and from mother to chicks; appears with weakened immunity.
Diagnosis
The appearance is very distinctive; skin scraping and seeing the mite under the microscope.
Treatment
Ivermectin or moxidectin, repeated after two weeks.
Prevention
Isolate the affected bird, treat contacts, reduce stress.
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Giardia
- Trichomonas
- Roundworms (ascarids)
- Capillaria worms (hairworms)
- Tapeworms
- Air sac mites
- Red mite (bird mite)
- Coccidia and Cryptosporidium