Red mite (bird mite) in parrots
Other names: Red lice، Mites
Symptoms
- Anemia and pallor in chicks
- Nighttime restlessness and itching
- Chick deaths in the nest
- Red dots on walls and boxes at night
How it spreads
Lives in cracks and wooden nest boxes and feeds at night; common in heat.
Diagnosis
Inspect cracks and place a white cloth on the cage at night.
Treatment
Pyrethrin sprays for the environment or ivermectin for the bird; clean and replace wooden nest boxes.
Prevention
Easy-to-clean nest boxes, periodic treatment in summer, inspection before every season. Note: feather plucking is rarely caused by mites.
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
- Scaly face and leg mite (Knemidocoptes)
- Air sac mites
- Coccidia and Cryptosporidium