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mites
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:25 am
by Tyeman
has any one got any pics of mites? I was cleaning the play area today and under the paper that the water bowls sits on there was some sort of mould and a few miniature ant type things they were yellow ish or see through i think.. none of the pics for mites on google seem to match so if anyone has some picks that would be great i sprayed everything anyway but yea...
Re: mites
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:54 pm
by AJPeter
The moral of the story is clean more often, does it matter what the mites or insect infestatioon look like?
Re: mites
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:05 pm
by Tyeman
i clean the play area once a week i think the moisture from the water bowl on the wood made the mould ive never seen the bugs before but i would love to know if they are mites or just some other insect that likes the wood, so yes i think it does matter.
Re: mites
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:40 pm
by AJPeter
Would it help to keep the wood dry if you put the water bowl on aluminium (silver paper) foil? You could be right about those bugs/
Re: mites
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:57 pm
by Tyeman
hmm well thats good to know dont think they were mites then i haven't noticed anything on the birds and they looked more like miniature ants of some sort. i was just looking up the ivomectin and apparently you can only get that through vets over here in Australia as it is a controlled substance.. I noticed some people use it monthly as a preventative do many people do this? is it necessary?