Bird Lice Control
Catherine Field

Knocking Down Tiny and Itch-inducing Bird Lice (Bird Mite)

Have you ever experienced a sudden itch when you are enjoying free time outdoors? If so, you may be bitten by bird lice. Bird lice or bird mites as others call it is preys which are naturally found in birds. They usually exist when birds vacate their nest. Though birds are their hosts, they can jump to feed on other animals such as rodents, cats and dogs and have the possibility to feed on humans as well. However, these pests are self-limiting as they can only live for a short time period.

Bird lice (or bird mite) should not be taken lightly. Even if you don’t have a pet bird at home, you can still come across these pests. They’re tiny creatures capable of biting humans and pets and induces annoying itch. It is possible that your house and environment may have bird lice infestation when birds out are roosting nearby.

Here are a few quick data about these bird lice:

• At less than 1 mm lengthy, bird mites/lice are very small, but, they are without difficulty observable with a naked eye.
• Best described as moving pepper grounds.
• They have a short lifestyle cycle of seven days however they are capable of rapid propagation to infest a host.
• These pests’ diet is purely blood and they feed on birds such as pigeons, starlings, sparrows and even poultry.
• They can easily create a whole poultry sick most especially young and old birds.
• They aesthetically bite that results to annoying itchiness. They may not transmit diseases but the scrape from their itchy bites can cause secondary infections and scarrings.

The odds of having bird lice or fowl bug to draw near to human is the point where a few birds begin to vacate their nests near home. Most birds are probably going to build their warm and comfortable houses on your rooftop, window sills as well as inside an air conditioning unit.

Where are they found?

As above, bird mites are nesting in vacated bird’s nest and they love to remain in moist and humid environment.

They are very active during the spring and summertime, where they prey on bird host. They jump from one host to another in search of a blood meal. They can enter the family or any building if they chance to prey on animals such as rodents, dogs and cats as their hosts.

Bird mites can come in contact with people when birds leave their nests and these pests are left with no host to feed on.

Spotting Bird Lice Infestation

As mentioned earlier, bird lice infestation is very critical and requires proper identification. Since this pest is nearly looked like ticks and bed bugs, home owners usually find assistance from pest control professionals. The best approach that you can do though is investigating your area for existence of nest and then reporting it to the specialists. However, ponder on this warning do not attempt to remove the nests yourself to prevent risk of bird mite transfer to other areas.

To spot possible infestation, assess for nestings around:

• Roof and in stacks
• Roof spaces
• Wall cavities
• Basements
• Window ledges
• Porches

If there is 1 DIY method you can do to prevent the infestation, that’s installing high fences on your surroundings. The existence of high fences can block birds from entering your area and build their nest. You can also start sealing and repairing roof cavities and other entry points that bird lice can crawl into.

Controlling Bird Lice

The possibility of presence of bird lice in your area can be upsetting. This is because as aforementioned, proper pest identification is needed in order to take care of the circumstance. Hence, simply driving away the birds or maintaining the cleanliness of the area will not do good unless the source of infestation is eliminated.

Local Pest Control Oran Park can help you look into your place and close by surroundings. After analysing the level of infestation, we can help you in putting off nesting materials, sealing access points and observe required remedies to assist in managing pests. We guarantee you excellent quality of work from evaluation to our treatment program and implementation strategies.

Frequently Asked Questions

My pets in the household will be affected by the treatments you apply?

Your pet’s safety is very important to us. You may rest assured that the constituents active they come in contact with, either when it is still wet or inhaling it or ingestion, is minute.

Does the spray pose problems to humans?

The spray we use is often utilized in public spaces such as hospitals and schools and causes no ill effects on humans.

What do I do if happen to touch one of the areas that have been spray?

This will only be a concern if the sprayed areas are still damp. If this happens, wash with soap and plenty of water as fast as you are able to. In a short amount duration, your water carrier tap water has gone out of the water and will not harm you in any way should you come into contact with the region.

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