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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: liffy on March 04, 2013, 05:53:46 pm

Title: scaley leg mites
Post by: liffy on March 04, 2013, 05:53:46 pm

Hello
Sorry if been asked before have trouble searching on the forum. I have a pekin bantam that was brought with scaley leg mite. Apparently it was treated before I bought it but how can I tell they have gone? Also are the barrier sprays any good or should I just use sudo cream? Will they infect the rest of my birds if separate? Thank you.

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: Dan on March 04, 2013, 06:13:59 pm

There's some info about the treatment of scaly leg mite on the main TAS site:

http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/poultry/scaly-leg-mite/ (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/poultry/scaly-leg-mite/)

HTH.

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: taz08 on March 04, 2013, 06:28:10 pm

diatomaceous earth

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: liffy on March 04, 2013, 08:25:18 pm

Thank you. That earth stuff gets s good write up from people. How will I know if they have gone? The the legs look better. The chickens don't seem b upset although not laying.

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: colliewoman on March 04, 2013, 08:26:01 pm

I have known people use a drop of Ivomec pour on with fab results :chook:

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: Fowlman on March 05, 2013, 12:06:25 pm

Yep ivermectin kills all external parasites including scaley leg mite.

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: in the hills on March 05, 2013, 03:21:08 pm

We have found that coating the legs with vaseline has worked well. Repeated several times over a period of a few weeks. Seemed to be more effective than the sprays that we purchased that were designed for the problem.

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: Julestools on March 10, 2013, 11:51:19 am

IIRC we used to dip their legs i parafin on a regular basis.... but that was when i was a lad and could catch a chicken

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: chrismahon on March 10, 2013, 02:13:22 pm

The article in the main TAS site doesn't mention the official treatment for scaly leg mite Liffy, which is Benzol Benzoate (or Benzoate de Benzole over here). Used on humans for scabies, it is very effective. Very cheap from the vet but we had to buy from the chemist and needed a vet prescription to do so. Brush it up the scales with the bird standing in a tray.

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: Dan on March 10, 2013, 03:53:05 pm

Quote from: chrismahon on March 10, 2013, 02:13:22 pm

The article in the main TAS site doesn't mention the official treatment for scaly leg mite Liffy, which is Benzol Benzoate (or Benzoate de Benzole over here).

"Official" in what capacity Chris? It's the active ingredient in Sudocreme apparently, just read on some poultry forums that it can be an effective treatment for that reason.

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: chrismahon on March 11, 2013, 07:50:07 pm

Being picky Dan. The vet prescribed treatment is Benzol Benzoate so just amend your article.

Title: Re: scaley leg mites
Post by: Dan on March 11, 2013, 08:46:21 pm

Well, 'official' suggested some sort of authority and I just wanted to know if there was something we were missing - if that's being picky then guilty as charged!  :)

I'll ask the article's author to review it, thanks for the heads-up.