Cage & Aviary Birds

A mite under the radar?

I HAVE only ever seen one article about feather-eating mite. Yet I’ve experienced it twice in my birdroom and thought it might be worth C&AB readers knowing more about the possible treatments.

The feather-eating mite isn’t affected by the usual popular treatments. Anti-mite sprays and Ivermectin don’t work. The former: I don’t know why not. The latter, because it is absorbed into

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