Treating Flock for Lice/Mites

[EggSighted4Life]

Also... SORRY for hijacking this thread about lice/mites!

Turn out some lice/mite treatments ALSO treat other things.

 

[casportpony]

Also... SORRY for hijacking this thread about lice/mites!

Turn out some lice/mite treatments ALSO treat other things.

x2, so sorry.

 

[Kiki]

So... I bought my own microscope but have not yet proceeded. My understanding is the term float would indicate the solution added that makes the eggs float. But apparently it can be done in my original planned (and recently discovered less accurate) way which would be "passive". And the better way, indicated in your post would be with a centrifuge.

I was (am) going to call the office and ask what they do. Also, I don't think the vet themselves run the test, but their tech. I totally questioned the results when both dog and chicken samples came back negative for anything.... I mean shouldn't their be SOME coccidia present?/ I wanted to know the load count. And asked what do they mean by negative just below a threshold or none. Response was none detected... I wondered if they were wearing their glasses that day.

If I can't rely on the vet, maybe I shouldn't be as nervous about messing my own up. Beside I could probably run 100 floats to check accuracy for the cost of one... Noting, I do *mostly* trust my vet. And I do understand things can happen.. like I said it has been two months.

You are correct...I watched the vet tech person looking into the microscope at my vet's office.
I wasn't sitting in a way that I could see what was done before she was looking into the microscope though.

I will be mailing poop to my state vet's department from now on...because I am like you ...I want exact numbers.

There must have not been any eggs in my dogs poop but I haven't quite figured this part out yet. It doesn't make sense yet how their was a "negative" fecal test but I clearly saw two types of worms.



Santa is bringing me a centrifuge early this year!

 

[Kiki]

Centrifuge should be used for accurate results. @KikisGirls, where is that post about fecal results for direct smear with and without centrifuge?

I'm looking for it.
It wasn't this one right?
#21


eta:
I think it was this one:
#26

 

[dunnmom]

Elector PSP is not a chemical and works very well. Quite expensive but is worth the price cause it goes a long ways.

I hadn't looked into that. Thank you!

 

[FishMtFarm]

I hadn't looked into that. Thank you!

Your welcome! I used it and was great, however I have a lot of birds and adding to their dust baths is easier than spraying each bird.

 

[leslielbk]

Please try this before permethrin. It works for me, and I had a major infestation. It's called Pyranha Zero-Bite. It's used in horse stalls but good for everything critter-wise. Buy a gallon on amazon or your local feed mill. Clean out the coop, including the nesting boxes, spray the devil out of every nook and cranny, then dust everything with DE. I did the waterer and feed boxes too without getting it on the insides. I did not spray the hens because I ended up not needing to. They are free range so I doused all their dusting spots with DE, and the mites were gone.
They were so bad they'd crawl up my pant leg, so I wore rubber boots, wrapped duct tape around the ankles with the sticky side out, and sprayed the boots with zero bite. The little suckers had no chance. They're hard to control, but it can be done.
Here's a data page:View attachment 1407507
Zero-Bite® Natural Insect Repellent
Pyranha®

For Use On Horses, Dogs, Cats, Ferrets, Caged Pets & Their Premises

Kills & Repels
Stable Flies House Flies Face Flies Mosquitoes
Deer Flies Horse Flies Horn Flies Bot Flies
Fleas Ticks Lice Gnats

Botanical Formula
For Horses & Pets

Active Ingredients:
Geraniol:† ………..…….… 1.00%
Clove Oil:† …………….…. 0.50%
Peppermint Oil:† ……….... 0.25%
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Inert Ingredients:*....….. 94.41%
TOTAL: ………….…….. 100.00%

* Water, Glycerin
† Natural Ingredients: Geraniol, Clove Oil & Peppermint Oil

 

[Kiki]

DE =