pest strips
- shnapper20
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ok here is my dilemma, over the past few seasons I have had balding in my gouldians some yrs worse than others , for years I had none at all. I have for the past 3yrs medicated for mites, selective bred, introduced fresh blood. Thought I had it under control yet there are signs of it reappearing yet in not all the aviaries. I winnow my seed, mix it with fresh seed and feed it back to the birds. I believe the mite is in the winnowed seed. So I thought pest strips in seed hoppers, coopex aviaries, medicate. Im in the process of medicating. What are the thoughts of others in regards to pest strips in the seed hoppers ? Or should I empty all seed hoppers spray with surface spray and start again with fresh seed? any opinions would be appreciated. thanks john
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I use bay leaves in cheese cloth dropped into top of seed container... think maybe hens usually are too stressed re breeding time....I have had one hen do it one year..yet not since?
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Have you actually seen any mites? Is it only once they get in the breeding mood?
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- mr skeeter
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i use surface spray in all my seed hoppers then fill them up, i also use bay leaves in my seed bins with great success. cheers mick
- shnapper20
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my breeding birds have no sign of it, its in my holding aviary where there is probably more stress and recycled seed . Im going to try the suface spray and bayleaves and maybe a couple of pest strips, as you wouldnt think they would be anymore detrimental than surface spray. I was cleaning out one of my aviaries at the start of the season and something bit me all over my legs, i was wearing shorts, I couldnt see anything but assumed it was mites. I may have too coopex more often.