Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Cynthia12]

Out of curiosity, what’s the active ingredients? I’ve had excellent success with pour on ivomec. (Remember I take in some really gnarly rescues, and I also only treat when needed) For instance, Roostie actually has a few lice. When I’m handling him to change his bandages I notice them, normally they preen out most lice, but he’s been under the weather and not taking as good care of himself as usual. If it gets out of hand I’ll treat him, either with the ivomec or the powder, but only if it starts to get bad.

The nice thing about the Carbaryl powder is it knocks the lice out dead, instantly. When I first rescued Puffy she was absolutely crawling with them; I washed her up, blew her dry, and powdered her liberally, then continued to blow dry (hopefully the carcinogenic factor is being vastly overstated...), she was on a whitish towel and within mere minutes the little red nasties were literally falling off her dead, and as a bonus, had stopped running up my arms (shudder).

For Severe scaly Leg mites, the ivomec pour on is my weapon of choice. In addition to the external treatment, soaking, debriding necrotic tissues and scaled on mite debris etc. It’s systemic, and gets the buggers you can’t physically reach under the scales when they feed. The soaking and gentle cleaning is still needed to remove the mite poop and dead mites, but if the legs are totally out of control the chemical treatment really gets you a jump start on winning the parasite battle, and takes out the lice and any other mites too.

Shameless chance to re-share two of my favorite rescue girl videos... it was a tough call between Croppy chasing grass hoppers and Tippie, but Croppy is in the video with Sammy and I can’t believe it’s been so long since I took in Tippie

Not sure of ingredients. It's used for scaley leg mites on Canaries. I had a Canary. I thought it wouldn't hurt to try it on a chicken I was going to treat with something else. Glad I did. Here's a site with some info. I get it at Petco..pet shop. Oh.. ingredients are towards bottom of page. ..... https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/8-in-1-ultra-care-mite-and-lice-bird-spray

 

[Scrambles83]

Bok is looking a bit scruffy with her moult she’s got her appetite still though so that’s a positive

 

[Cynthia12]

Bok is looking a bit scruffy with her moult she’s got her appetite still though so that’s a positive
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Poor things. Some handle it better than others. Let's hope she keep eating well. Sexlink? Laying eggs during this molt? They are egg machines.

 

[Scrambles83]

Poor things. Some handle it better than others. Let's hope she keep eating well. Sexlink? Laying eggs during this molt? They are egg machines.

Yes, an ISA. Finished laying about 6 months ago so that’s a good thing
I’m noticing this is by far her worst moult (she’s never gotten to this point of scruff, I was at least that observant in the past haha) but I guess that could be because she’s no longer pumping out eggs?

 

[Scrambles83]

Ooo, ooo, before I forget...
Mugshot Monday
My baby Belle

 

[MaryJanet]

Ooo, ooo, before I forget...
Mugshot Monday
My baby Belle
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Thanks for the reminder!

Monday mug

 

[Scrambles83]

Thanks for the reminder!

Monday mug

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Look at her eyes beautiful lady!

 

[Kris5902]

Not sure of ingredients. It's used for scaley leg mites on Canaries. I had a Canary. I thought it wouldn't hurt to try it on a chicken I was going to treat with something else. Glad I did. Here's a site with some info. I get it at Petco..pet shop. Oh.. ingredients are towards bottom of page. ..... https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/8-in-1-ultra-care-mite-and-lice-bird-spray

And I can’t even connect to the site... and it then tries to redirect me to Canadian tire!!! For petco’s “Canadian shoppers” who aren’t even allowed to buy these things. Anyway, after a couple google searches and some zooming in, it’s a pyrethrum based pesticide (not available in Canada anymore for birdies, and the garden ones often have inappropriate additional ingredients) a great mite killer, that works on contact. Extremely safe and effective. If I could procure some of this “contraband” it would be my go to for any normal infestations. I have to work with what I have/can get though. Petco is more stringent that the company I got my last semi-legal here “pet supplies” shipment from. (Disclaimer: I am not advocating using products that aren’t approved/legal to use where you are... I’m just subject to some new and downright dumb regulations, and have a small selection of previously readily available solutions, and am willing to bend things occasionally for the health and safety of my animals)

The ivomec pour on actually absorbs into the bird and stays in their system after application though, and the Carbaryl has a better “knock down” (initial kill rate), but unless you’re looking at a really nasty situation (I’ve seen too darn many here) this looks like an all around great product for dealing with external parasites. (So, of course it’s not available here! )

I was half thinking I’d put some spoiler pics of Tippie, Puffy, Croppy, Hoppy, Zita, and Mrs B pre and post treatment in that little “sometimes drugs are good” soapbox post, but the happy, almost healthy, chickening chicken videos seemed more positive and appropriate. (These are all some of my rescues from between Christmas 2018-2020, all now deceased, with issues like “you might need to amputate toes” severe SLM, ascites, crop issues, a broken leg, a severe cannibalism/attack injury, and a prolapse and bumblefoot for anyone without a reference point. I just wanted to make them happy, lessen their suffering and pain, and give them a chance to be real chickens... maybe one day I’ll have some time and get my butt back to my own thread eh? )

 

[Scrambles83]

And I can’t even connect to the site... and it then tries to redirect me to Canadian tire!!! For petco’s “Canadian shoppers” who aren’t even allowed to buy these things. Anyway, after a couple google searches and some zooming in, it’s a pyrethrum based pesticide (not available in Canada anymore for birdies, and the garden ones often have inappropriate additional ingredients) a great mite killer, that works on contact. Extremely safe and effective. If I could procure some of this “contraband” it would be my go to for any normal infestations. I have to work with what I have/can get though. Petco is more stringent that the company I got my last semi-legal here “pet supplies” shipment from. (Disclaimer: I am not advocating using products that aren’t approved/legal to use where you are... I’m just subject to some new and downright dumb regulations, and have a small selection of previously readily available solutions, and am willing to bend things occasionally for the health and safety of my animals)

The ivomec pour on actually absorbs into the bird and stays in their system after application though, and the Carbaryl has a better “knock down” (initial kill rate), but unless you’re looking at a really nasty situation (I’ve seen too darn many here) this looks like an all around great product for dealing with external parasites. (So, of course it’s not available here! )

I was half thinking I’d put some spoiler pics of Tippie, Puffy, Croppy, Hoppy, Zita, and Mrs B pre and post treatment in that little “sometimes drugs are good” soapbox post, but the happy, almost healthy, chickening chicken videos seemed more positive and appropriate. (These are all some of my rescues from between Christmas 2018-2020, all now deceased, with issues like “you might need to amputate toes” severe SLM, ascites, crop issues, a broken leg, a severe cannibalism/attack injury, and a prolapse and bumblefoot for anyone without a reference point. I just wanted to make them happy, lessen their suffering and pain, and give them a chance to be real chickens... maybe one day I’ll have some time and get my butt back to my own thread eh? )

I’m so sorry that Canada has such strict rules regarding these things
I’ve never been in a known position (or had the amount of birds you have) where I’ve needed antibiotics (though for Penny it might have been a solution if I had an avian vet to tell me so) though I do believe in Aus you can get a broad spectrum one online easily without prescription.
If customs wouldn’t pull it, I’d buy it and send it over to you along with everything else that would replenish your chook first aid kit

 

[Scrambles83]

This started off as a preening vid but then I thought it might show how big Snow is at 15 weeks!
will she get to horse size then stop? maybe she can be our second vehicle, Vi and I can saddle up and ride Snow to school each morning