Ailing wee Pea

[casportpony]

Those aren't mites, they're lice, and since lice don't bite, ivermectin doesn't work. Bunch of mine have them, too. You wanna see something disturbing? Grab one that has them, get a magnifier or reading glasses and look in their ears. I bet you'll see a bunch in their ears.

I got rid of them by dusting like you normally would, under wings and on vent, but I also made a small pile of it next to me and very carefully put small amounts on their heads, around their ears and on their necks. Guess the lice drink from the eyes, yuck!

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Keep in mind that ivermec didn't work on my boy and he had those mites on his head too. It's a dilemma cuz u have to be careful of those eyes. I thought the ivermec worked worked, now ALL my birds have them!!!

I guess it doesn't work on certain types of mites.

Didn't work because they were lice, not mites.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

 
I used the injectable first time and the pour on the second time 

Injectable in the water?  @casportpony
, how much would I put in their feed?

The "therapeutic" 1% ivermectin dose is 0.2mg/kg, which is 0.02ml/kg. To put it in food, math is:
Weight of flock in kg, times 0.2, divide by 10 = the number of ml to use.

I did see one reference in a vet parasite book that said it could be used at twice that amount (0.4mg/kg or 0.04ml/kg).

Does that help?

-Kathy

 

[thndrdancr]

Sorry mine were mites. I was confusing the issue but have had lice before too. What a pain any bugs are!!!!
Oh and Zaz, mine free range so are really living it up in the garden the last couple days. It does help but doesn't entirely alleviate the problem. I don't have access to ash though, that help immensely.

They should have a ball today, guy came yesterday to replace leaking pump head, and dug up half the garden 4 feet down!!! Dork dug up all my rhubarb I worked so hard this fall getting started. He had whole area to use but no, had to dig my rhubarb area. And he only needed to dig by pump but he dug 8 to 10 feet away 'to see where pipe was'. I told him the pipe was in "other direction". Grrrrr

Anyhow he told me it will grow back, it's just rhubarb! I spent a mint finally getting it started! Plowed 4 feet under? I don't have much hope! Maybe 2 if I am lucky.

But the birds should enjoy the fresh dirt!!

 

[casportpony]

FWIW, I am 100% sure that the bug pictured in this thread is a louse.

-Kathy

 

[Garden Peas]

Sigh. Doing this without somebody getting hurt is not going to be pretty. She's gotten much feistier since she's feeling better... she hisses when I start into the crate to put the towel over her

and is no longer going without a bit of a fight.... I worry about injuring a wing. But I'm much more confident I can get it onto her than I can with the big boys. Yikes, I'm worried about how to safely dust "under the wings" of a frantic, fully grown male pea...

I'm thinking about @AugeredIn 's approach... wishing I could pour some beer in the peas

Anybody have any suggestions? I really don't want any injuries.

 

[KsKingBee]

The "therapeutic" 1% ivermectin dose is 0.2mg/kg, which is 0.02ml/kg. To put it in food, math is:
Weight of flock in kg, times 0.2, divide by 10 = the number of ml to use.

I did see one reference in a vet parasite book that said it could be used at twice that amount (0.4mg/kg or 0.04ml/kg).

Does that help?

-Kathy

Yea! Thank you!

The hardest part is keeping up with their growth. Every week I notice that they consume more food. The more they eat the more they grow, the more they grow, the more I have to mix up for them, X 2 every day. I am currently mixing up a full five gallon bucket twice a day, and in the evenings, after they clean up the mash they get scratch or crimped corn for a little extra warmth on those cold nights.

I have 50 adults and 40 yearlings, pea math is not so simple.

 

[Garden Peas]

FWIW, I am 100% sure that the bug pictured in this thread is a louse.

-Kathy

Thanks, Kathy... isn't that any amazing photo? Cell phone technology has really improved. I never would have seen the little bugger.

Edited to add -- the most fascinating part was I had her eye on the cell screen, zoomed in, watching for her to open the eye, and the lousy louse came out and started wandering around, so I was seeing this nasty little yellow bug zipping around on the skin around her eye and eye lid. Aside from being creepy, there was a certain morbid fascination. So cool that the phone could display it so clearly.

 

[casportpony]

If you can carry them, you can dust them. Maybe you could hold them and have someone else dust them? Once they realize that they can't get away they will relax.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

Sigh. Doing this without somebody getting hurt is not going to be pretty. She's gotten much feistier since she's feeling better... she hisses when I start into the crate to put the towel over her

and is no longer going without a bit of a fight.... I worry about injuring a wing. But I'm much more confident I can get it onto her than I can with the big boys. Yikes, I'm worried about how to safely dust "under the wings" of a frantic, fully grown male pea...

I'm thinking about @AugeredIn 's approach... wishing I could pour some beer in the peas

Anybody have any suggestions? I really don't want any injuries.

Well, I have heard of putting the powder in a feed sack and the bird with its head out......