scaly leg mites...please help

[chicks4kids]

If you do the petroleum jelly every night for about 3 days, the old lifted up scales fall off. I had to do this with my roo and be consistent with it...3 days to get them all off. They did fall of by them selves.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

One of my silkies came down with the scaly leg mites. i isolated her for about two weeks in our house. Gave her legs a bath every day in warm water with just a drop or two of flea and tick shampoo with pyrethrin. Then sprayed them down with a mite and lice spray for birds i bought at Petco (it also contains pyrethrins at .03%). Then i applied the vasoline. i also administered Ivermectin 0.8% drops i purchased on ebay that is specifically for small animals and birds. Did this once a week for three weeks.

Along with this she got chopped hard boiled eggs, yogurt, meal worms, and special parrot hand-feeding formula, as she was molting also and looked terrible.

It all seemed to work and she's doing fine now. It was a lot of effort, but i think she really came to enjoy the warms baths.

 

[avalon23]

My roo had leftover big scaley gunk on his feet from having mites in his past (before I adopted him). I put campho phenique on it first to heal the open wound parts and then baby oil. They were magically healed and normal looking in about 1 week. It was the most amazing thing as I didn't expect that quick of a healing process but they have stayed normal ever since. I did campho twice and then baby oil for about 6 days at night.

 

[purpletree23]

Please don't use WD-40. It's not meant to be used on human skin or animal skin. It's very toxic.

The 'pimple' on the top of the foot sounds like bumblefoot. Do a search and instructions are there to get rid of it.

 

[Pine Grove]

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WD-40 is no more toxic than Ivermectin, or most of the other chemicals we use on poultry...

 

[ShaggysGirl]

Has anyone ever tried Bag Balm?

From what I know WD 40 is fairly safe for human skin...not sure of chickens I have heard it is not toxic

 

[sunket77]

actually wd40 is good for all kinds of things, try looking online. Thanks for all the advise everyone! Could the sore be an infected feather since he is feather footed?