Bird Lice Control
Telopea

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

Have you ever experienced sudden itches and bites at your home or at a person’s humble abode and not knowing what is happening? You may be bitten by bird lice.

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

Here are some quick facts about these bird lice:

• At less than 1 mm lengthy, bird mites/lice are extremely small, but, they may be without difficulty visible with a naked eye.
• When they creep on light colored surfaces, they are best described as walking pepper flakes.
• They have a short life cycle of 7 days but they are capable of rapid reproduction to infest a host.
• They enjoy blood meal so much and they like to host warm-blooded animals like birds, rodents, cats and dogs.
• They affect poultry rapidly, killing ill, young and old birds
• They don’t transmit illnesses but their bite can cause secondary infections due to scratching.

The prospect of bird mites to get in contact with people is high if the birds are building nests on nearby trees near a house. Sometimes, there are also birds that do not nest on trees but are building their nests on roof tops, window ledges as well as inside an air conditioner unit. So, be watchful if there are some.

Where are they found?

As aforementioned, bird mites are nesting in vacated bird’s nest and they like to stay in moist and humid environment.

They are very active throughout the spring and summer season, 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 animals such as rodents, dogs and cats as their hosts.

Bird mites can socialise with people when fowls leave their homes and these bugs are left with no host to benefit from.

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 seek assistance from pest control professionals. The best approach that you can do though is exploring your area for presence 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 move to other areas.

Listed below are some of the possible places where you can check birds nests that has some chances of bird mite infestation:

• Roof and in stacks
• Roof spaces
• Wall cavities
• Basements
• Window sills
• Yards

Installing large fences can also help in regards to blocking the birds to build nests in your area. This will likely lessen the chance of bird mites entering the comforts of your house. If infestation is suspected, call out for assistance from licensed pest specialists.

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 deal with 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 Carlingford can help you inspect your location and nearby surroundings. After assessing the degree of infestation, we’ll help you in eliminating nesting materials, sealing entry points and apply needed treatment to help control the pests. We guarantee you a high quality work from assessment to our treatment plan and implementation procedures.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

The safety of your pets is a top priority for us. You may rest assured that the constituents active they come in contact with, whether it’s still damp or inhaling it or ingestion it, is a tiny amount.

Will the spray cause human health issues?

The spray we employ is typically used in public places such as schools and hospitals and has no adverse effects to human beings.

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

This is only of concern if the spray areas are still damp. If this occurs, clean with soap and plenty of water as quickly as you possibly can. After a brief period of time, the carrier, tap water will have evaporated and won’t harm you in any way should you come into contact with the surface.

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