Urgent help needed with mites? In nest box!!

[timh]

Hi Everyone,

I'm in urgent need of some advice... I was checking my nest boxes this evening and discovered one box with week old chicks in it had a few black ants around it but also other small insects. They are about the size of a flea but don't jump but crawled. Easy to kill by fingered pressure. A couple were visible one a chick...

So my question is, is there an insecticide that can be safely used in a nest box?? Perhaps a powder product I can put in and around the chicks?? Or is Ivermectin safe to use either on the chicks and/or adult birds??

Any suggestions would be great...

Thanks heaps,

Tim

[Trilobite]

try pestene powder, safe around birds (rotenone based) and will kill lice/Mites etc. dont need much so dont go overboard in nest box, just a light dusting.

[timh]

Excellent, thanks very much...

Cheers,

Tim

[finchbreeder]

Coopex is pyrinthian (plant) based. You can empty the nest, wash it in Coopex then put the nesting material and chicks back.
LML