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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
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I just found out that some of my new batch of budgie babies are infected with scaly face mites..   I think at the moment two out of seven have visible signs of the mites... poor little buggers. I'll have to get some treatment for them.
Here's a pic of a closeup of the beak. If left untreated, they are very destructive to the face and beak, and it can be fatal to birds....
Scaly face Beak
You can see the little tunnels that the mites dig around the bird's beak. |
Tuesday February 28, 2006 4:30 pm |
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cockatoo
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Joined: 16 Nov 2005
Posts: 193
Location: Georgia, USA |
Funny you post this up.
I just diagnosed my budgie with face mites.
A friend is bringing me some medecine to treat her. |
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Tuesday February 28, 2006 4:52 pm |
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Cathy
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Joined: 02 Apr 2005
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Oh My Goodness
Is that something that just mostly budgies are prone to, or are all birds susceptible? Well, I'm glad to hear that it sounds like it's pretty easily treatable!
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Tuesday February 28, 2006 5:37 pm |
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Cheeta
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I think they are more commonly known in budgies and canaries.. I'm not sure about other birds. I haven't really heard of any other birds catching it.. so may be it's confined to those two type?? Not sure. Have to do some research on that.
Yeah, they are fairly easily treatable..given that you have the right sort of treatment of course....
I'm just very glad that I caught it before I released them from quarantined. They are a bit harder to spot until too late.. when they get all crusty and stuff... so I'm just glad that it's still isolated to the ones that I have under quarantine!! I rechecked, I think a third little budgie has it..  So that makes three out of seven.. That's ok, since it seems that they've just caught it. |
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Tuesday February 28, 2006 6:02 pm |
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cockatoo
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It's treated with ivermectin, you might have to get it from your vet.
You can also q-tip some mineral oil on the affected area to start killing the mites immediately while the ivermectin starts working.
It requires very little ivermectin to treat the budgie. |
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Tuesday February 28, 2006 6:49 pm |
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Yupra
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006
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The poor little budgies! I must have been lucky with my previous budgie (Speckles), in the whole 11 years I had him the worst he got was worms, which we treated by putting some strange orange stuff in his water. Those mites are nasty little things! |
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Wednesday March 1, 2006 12:05 am |
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Cheeta
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well just got my ivermectin from the avian vet. one drop per budgie... repeat only after six weeks if need be. 
fingers crossed that it'll work straight away. |
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Wednesday March 1, 2006 7:48 am |
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Cathy
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Location: Omaha, NE USA |
My fingers are crossed |
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Wednesday March 1, 2006 12:56 pm |
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cockatoo
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I had to drive an hour out to a breeder's in the next town over to get the ivemectrin.
It was worth it to heal up my little budgie buddy. |
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Wednesday March 1, 2006 1:09 pm |
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ekkiemom
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Joined: 03 Mar 2005
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Sorry to hear the little guys have mites.
Did you ask the vet if the whole group should be treated even though only 3 show symptoms?
Glad you noticed before the end of quarrantine.
A good reminder to all of us how important it is to quarrantine new birds |
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Wednesday March 1, 2006 6:54 pm |
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Yupra
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006
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quote:
Originally posted by Cathy
My fingers are crossed
My fingers are crossed too! |
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Thursday March 2, 2006 3:43 am |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
quote:
Originally posted by ekkiemom
Sorry to hear the little guys have mites.
Did you ask the vet if the whole group should be treated even though only 3 show symptoms?
Glad you noticed before the end of quarrantine.
A good reminder to all of us how important it is to quarrantine new birds
Basically with Mites, any other birds that have close contacts with the infected ones should be treated. As these mites might not show for a long period of time... so i'll need to eliminate the problem when they are still under isolation before i released them to the aviary, or to have them in contact with my other birds.
it is definitely a good thing to have them in quarantine. |
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Thursday March 2, 2006 4:20 am |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Pooor little ones..
I don't know about this, but I think Fluffy may have had the same? She had a horn!
Will it be easily treated? |
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Thursday March 2, 2006 11:52 pm |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
a horn?? hmmm may be that's just her cere.. lemon has that 'horned' look at the moment... She's in condition to breed you see... hehe.
The mites are easily treatable... They have been treated for the mites already with Ivermectin... and i'll just need to keep an eye on them and see what happens in a day or two.. |
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Friday March 3, 2006 4:15 am |
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Fluffy Sue
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I'm so happy to read that those mites are easily treatable..
And ehm I guess you're referring to another horned thingy?  |
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Friday March 3, 2006 10:40 am |
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