I got a new bird a bit over a month ago or so and have introduced him to Molly recently I also got them a bigger cage which is twice the size of my old one. Molly likes him one minutes hates him another, its quite funny she feeds from him but them bites his feet etc. Hes very friendly has bonded to me rather than Molly but i guess that takes time. Anyways they were out this morning Hamish was flying around and he landed on my hand thats when i saw long but small brown things crawling under his feathers. So i googled it and turns out he has lice and has probably pasted them to Molly even though the 'pet shop' said they had sprayed him. I had run out of mit/lice spray until today. I am wondering will it hurt them if i spray it on them and then they preen themselves???? they haven't had a bath either as its been raining do you think i should spray them with warm water allow them to dry themselves then spray the mite/lice stuff on them????

Use the mite and lice spray :rofl: They will preen themselves, and hopefully it will come off.

Use the mite and lice spray :rofl: They will preen themselves, and hopefully it will come off.

 

 

So it wont hurt them if they swollow it, I just have to be careful not to get it in thier eyes thanks

No, it wouldn't hurt them. Otherwise the people who make it, wouldnt make it haha.

Use the mite and lice spray on warm day so they can dry out. You virtually need to wet them through with it. Dont spray it in their cage and nowhere need their food and water.

No, it wouldn't hurt them. Otherwise the people who make it, wouldnt make it haha.

This isnt always correct. A lot of products are made for birds that arent good for them.

Use the mite and lice spray on warm day so they can dry out. You virtually need to wet them through with it. Dont spray it in their cage and nowhere need their food and water.

No, it wouldn't hurt them. Otherwise the people who make it, wouldnt make it haha.

This isnt always correct. A lot of products are made for birds that arent good for them.

 

 

Oh, well I disifected there cage and everything and sprayed there cage with it and sprayed them but didn't realise I need to wet them through. I did this before adding thier food, water and cuttle bone. I sprayed Molly and saw nothing, I sprayed Hamish and there was about 15 little brown things that came up to the surface. There is a bit of a cool breeze going though at the moment so I will wet them through properly on the weekend. I hope im on top of it, ive never had this problem with any of my birds before I also washed there cage covers too just in case... I didn't read your post about not spraying the cage till after I had already done it, cause thats what the instructions says. I hope it will be okay, i have used this prodecut before and sprayed cages too.

I didnt mean dont spray their cages. I meant dont spray them in their cages with food and water in there

Edited September 8, 201014 yr by KAZ

I didnt mean dont spray their cages. I meant dont spray them in their cages with food and water in there

 

 

Oh thats okay then

I make it in a bucket and dunk the whole bird.

Thats a great idea, just dunk the body not the head, great i might give that a go. How do you make it up???? do dilute the mite/lice spray in water, cause my bottle is only 250mls

Thats a great idea, just dunk the body not the head, great i might give that a go. How do you make it up???? do dilute the mite/lice spray in water, cause my bottle is only 250mls

 

 

You cant do it Matts way. Just spray the bird all over till wet, on warm day and let him dry in the sun with no breezes

Well i sprayed both birds again today. Again nothing came up on Molly and surprisingly nothing came up on Hamish either so does this mean there gone????

Well i sprayed both birds again today. Again nothing came up on Molly and surprisingly nothing came up on Hamish either so does this mean there gone????

You will have to inspect them closely to know if the mites are gone.