Scaly leg mites...HELP PLEASE

[SundownWaterfowl]

How do I treat scaly leg mites, and can ducks catch scaly leg mites?

 

[reallemons1]

I got one from a sale that had leg mites and body mites. He was a mess. I put him in a small pen seperate from the others and sprinkled Seven dust on him and the ground several times. 2 times a week for 2 months I coated his legs with Vicks Vapor Rub. This is not the only way, but it worked and he is now a clean healthy bird.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I dont have any vicks. What else will work? I heard keroscene.

 

[birdlover]

I've gotten rid of them by soaking the hen's legs in mineral oil for about 2 weeks. Put it in a tall deep container (I used a large cottage cheese container) and soak each leg for a good minute or more.

 

[reallemons1]

Vasalene (sp)...any thick petrolum product. I have heard even bacon greese. BTW, I don't know if the ducks will get it.

 

[eggzettera]

Any oil or vaseline should work, you are basically just depriving them of oxygen & smothering them. HTH

Not sure about transferring to ducks but I don't see why they would be any different so I would also treat the ducks - no harm no foWl.....

 

[Barnyard]

You can use vasaline, cooking oil (liquid or the spray kind) this is the easiest to use! Ivomec Eprinex works pretty good and so does the vicks.

 

[Chickenaddict]

I have been using the vasoline method on a few of mine but one of the hens keeps getting them back. Now i am trying scarlet oil on her and it seems to be working better than the vasoline IMO

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Im not positive that they have it, but because I just bought them at the NEPC show, I want to treat them anyway. I found a post where nifty chicken said that one of his girls had it, so I followed the advice and mixed some teatree oil with vasaline, and applied it, and made sure to rub it into the scales. The scales arent very raised, jut a tiny bit.

 

[Chicken Woman]

1 part kerosene 3 parts mineral oil.