Some type of tick? Louse? Mite?

QueenMisha

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Hello there everyone. I picked up some new birds today (3 Cornish and a D'Anvers). They are beautiful birds and the picture of health but I did notice some type of parasite on the D'Anvers. They appear to be very small ticks, about the same size as your average fowl mite. They are dark brown/black. I think I can see tiny legs. They are all bitten into the D'Anvers facial skin, earlobes, and wattles. I poked a few and they had no reaction. They just hang there like a tick on a dog.

Advice on treatment? Any idea what they are?

I'll post pictures when I get home.
 
Do an on site search on 'stick tight fleas'. This may be what you are dealing with. Threads have recommendations for treatment.
 

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