CAN CHICKENS GIVE HUMANS MITES?

[mainchick]

Any mite talk gets me itchy. ewewwwww.

 

[seminolewind]

Well my parents confirmed the itchy red spots for me. No-See-ums. They get thru screens and come in on you. You can barely see them. They're having the same problem,

 

[jvls1942]

chikens have mites and they have fleas and you definately can pick up fleas. and the mites will transfer to you also.. Maybe they will not live long on you but you can definately feel them crawling on you.. like you feel right NOW!!

 

[sunbury chick]

THANKS,I really needed that....SCRATCH,:SCRATCH:

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[seminolewind]

At work in the hospital nursery once I found a flea on a baby. Turns out it was a cat flea. The doc told me that cat fleas don't stay on dogs, and dog fleas don't stay on cats. Turned out that the parents had cats.

 

[mr_liaison]

hi guys i have some backyard chickens went up the backyard and find 1 hen broody found her to also have mites on her what can i get to cure these little cridders and if any get on me and i dont feel them ....can it be a problem for me

 

[Nikitaa]

I know this is an old post but my chickens do have mites and when I get itchy, if I look down I can see them on me.

You've all said they won't live long. But, will they survive in my bed! Or in my clothes?

Or my hair!!!! ?

 

[GardenerGal]

Even though my chickens have a good dust bath, a clean barn and I treat them with Ivermectin at intervals year round. They always seem to have mites. The visiting starlings and weaver finches ("English sparrows") probably carry them in. If I could keep THEM away, maybe the mite problem would fade out. My chickens'r plumage looks fine and their skin isn't scabby, but there are still mites around. The chickens rain mites down on me if I clean the barn under their roosts when they're roosting. Then in about 10 minutes I feel the little buggers crawling around on my scalp under my cap. Eew. I have to shower for at least 10 minutes, scrubbing my hair with lots of shampoo, to get the mites out. Most of them. I sometimes will find one running down my arm later on.

I think they can live for weeks or maybe months without a host. But I'm not sure they just stay in one place, and I doubt they will stay in your furniture for long. They won't stay on your body long either because you change your clothes, bathe, brush your hair, etc. I've gotten bitten by them, but they don't seem to want to stay put. I sometimes see one running on my computer screen when I'm online... lol

 

[LisLa]

Unless you have small pinkish / red bumps that are in a line usually, then it is not scabies. You can rid yourself in 24 hours with ivermectin. Then 5 days later, another dose. Doctors usually hopelessly uninformed with this. A dermatologist is best. But the remedy also means a complete cleaning of sheets, vacuuming furniture and rugs, and wiping all surfaces at the same time you are on the meds. Hot water and hot dryer for clothes. Do yourself a favor and go to Wal Mart and buy a mattress protector that is waterproof, zips up and encapsulates the mattress, and says bug proof. you can buy these for pillows too. Vacuum your car seat, Vacuum your mattress or encapsulate, Vac upholstered furniture. Put anything not washable in plastic garbage bags for 3 days. The mites can't live without a host. Diatamaceous Earth, which is a silica powder kills mites, but you cannot inhale, so use carefully on infested areas.

 

[BDutch]

Unless you have small pinkish / red bumps that are in a line usually, then it is not scabies. You can rid yourself in 24 hours with ivermectin. Then 5 days later, another dose. Doctors usually hopelessly uninformed with this. A dermatologist is best. But the remedy also means a complete cleaning of sheets, vacuuming furniture and rugs, and wiping all surfaces at the same time you are on the meds. Hot water and hot dryer for clothes. Do yourself a favor and go to Wal Mart and buy a mattress protector that is waterproof, zips up and encapsulates the mattress, and says bug proof. you can buy these for pillows too. Vacuum your car seat, Vacuum your mattress or encapsulate, Vac upholstered furniture. Put anything not washable in plastic garbage bags for 3 days. The mites can't live without a host. Diatamaceous Earth, which is a silica powder kills mites, but you cannot inhale, so use carefully on infested areas.

Maybe your advice is good, but this thread is extremely old. The thread starter hasn’t been around since 2011.

Best check the date before replying.