He gave me chlorhexidine concentrate to mix with water for the soaks. It was a little spendy from them, but if I recall correctly, that stuff isn't cheap in the drug stores either. He also gave be this stuff called "SolvaKer" to put on each night to help slough off the extra scales and skin around the scab on the bottom slowly - it has salicylic acid in it. Also pricey, and I looked it up to find you can only get it from a vet. For scaly leg mites, he recommended canola or olive oil, and when I asked about castor oil, he suggested not to because of how sensitive birds are to petroleum based or toxic products. I was confused, but when I looked at my bottle when I got home (from Whole Foods), it said "hexane-free", so perhaps some castor oil is more toxic... I'm still deciding whether I'm going to try it anyway - Beekissed and others have used it without negative effect and great success. (Single application.) I have not been applying any oil while doing all these washes and soaks, but will apply it when I send him back out to the coop.
FWIW.
(BTW, his hospital pen is in the mudroom by the front door - he made an alarm noise, and it turned out the wind had blown something agains the door. Tempted to keep him as a home alarm system!)
Thanks!!
