I am moving all my birds into their new aviary as we speak. Good chance to give them all a check over and a spot on with Ivermec. I found one girl with a clear scaly mite growth on the sides of her beak. I've given her the spot on, will she need daily treatment with something or will that take care of it? I don't mind catching her to give her another spot on sooner than the rest but if I will have to catch her daily I might try and find another cage to put her in, bit short of those at the moment though with the construction of the new room and birsd being moved around.

One spot on treatment has always been enough for my birds. I dont seperate either. I just treat. Its not as highly contagious as some would have you believe :hap:

I figured I didn't have to worry about any of the other birds catching it since they are all getting the ivermectin at the same time. Good to know that one should do the job, I'll catch her in a week or two and check how she's going :hap:

My vet recommends once a week for three weeks then back onto normal rotation, no need to seperate if everyone else got treated with the first round.

What is the normal frequency for ivermec? This is the first time I've used it. Also, exactly what does it treat, do I still need to worm them seperately?

One spot on the back of the neck has always worked for mine and no need for further treatment I also worm seperately.

My vet says that it treats them for worms as well. I use to worm in their water but he says that it's a waste of time and I know that Blue does not drink water with wormer in it after a bad experience getting into his eye and I have a dirt floor aviary and don't have a worm issue. however you could worm and only use it when you treat for mites are they appear up to you really.

 

You should treat them once every three months and that covers worms and mites, same as you would with wormer in the water. I admit I have been slack and decided that it's easier to add wormer to the water rather then catch them all and treat them if they show no signs of mites

 

Once a week for three weeks is a bit of overkill according to my vet but he feels that you are 100% sure to catch them all and does not do the budgie any harm

Edited July 14, 200817 yr by Angelic Vampyre

Well I might just do her again in a couple of weeks to be sure. It will be a big fat pain in the butt to catch them all and do it so I think I will probably just water worm the aviary birds and ivermec them as they go into breeding cages or when I have to catch them for some reason.

that is pretty much my theory

I had some birds I bought bring scaly mite into my aviary & lots of the birds were getting it, I just gave them the once spot on treatment & that was more than a year ago & still no sign of it coming back. The Ivermectin stays in their system for something like 21 days, which kills any hatching from eggs. Ivermectin is designed; as a pour-on for sheep goats etc & it is for treating anything that sucks their blood, worms, lice or mites. I have never had a case so far of bad effects from over treatment [excess] even when I had a few accidents & they got more than I planned, but I wouldn’t think treating in the 21 period again would be good. I’m thinking like you to give the spot on treatment when putting birds into cabinets to breed, when you have to catch them anyway, as just catching all your birds is such a big job & also stressful for them [& yourself…LOL].