Life Cycle - Lice

[aart]

I was thinking that was lice, thank you.

Lice are usually brownish and some slightly transparent.
Google for pics.
If it's not moving, it's probably poop...tho I suppose it could be desiccated lice corpses.

 

[Ted Brown]

This is the Pic I have been referring to:

 

[Ted Brown]

I exaggerated the size of the egg casings+glue but still. The material is flexible, can be folded flat with no breaking, seems very tough.

 

[Sally PB]

I'm thinking the only thing that will take that off is scissors. Wow, never seen anything like it.

 

[aart]

I exaggerated the size of the egg casings+glue but still. The material is flexible, can be folded flat with no breaking, seems very tough.

Still looks pretty significant.
Eggs around vent or anywhere else too?

If you can easily cut some of those off, might be a good idea.
Or coat them with oil to kill them and eventually he will preen the remains off.

 

[Kiki]

I exaggerated the size of the egg casings+glue but still. The material is flexible, can be folded flat with no breaking, seems very tough.

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Oh my. I can not believe this guy sold you a bird like this. That was very wrong.

I highly recommend treating him every 5 days.

 

[Ted Brown]

Oh my. I can not believe this guy sold you a bird like this. That was very wrong.

I highly recommend treating him every 5 days.

Thank you for chiming in. Will do.

 

[Kiki]

Thank you for chiming in. Will do.

Both lice and mites need to be stopped before they get to the reproducing age.
That age can change/isn't exact always.

It's better to treat unless days than it would be to treat in more days.
I would not wait seven or eight days if I were you. You don't want the little suckers to get to the egg laying stage again.

 

[Ted Brown]

Wilfred after his 1st Permethrin treatment.

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[Ted Brown]

Today we washed Wilfred and used both oil and hair conditioner to try to remove the lice egg/"glue" buildup. No luck it barely softened. We then carefully cut off as much as we could.

Re-applied Permethrin and dryed him. He is a very calm and tranquil bird.