Bird Lice Control
Northern Beaches

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

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

These tiny creatures are capable of giving their host itch-inducing bites and they’re voracious blood eaters. These pests can be introduced at home when there is vacated nest nearby or when rodents and pets live inside the area. Hence, their presence shouldn’t be taken lightly and eliminating them requires professional help from pest control experts.

Here are some quick facts about these bird lice:

• At below 1 mm long, bird mites/lice are extremely small, however, they can be readily seen with a naked eye.
• Best called walking pepper flakes.
• Their life span is short, about seven days but they are fast breeders that they can immediately infest a host.
• These germs’ mainly feed on blood from flying animals, by way of example, pigeons, starlings, sparrows and even poultry.
• They affect poultry quickly, killing sick, old and young birds.
• Though they are not known to transmit diseases, their itch-induced bite can cause secondary infections due to scratching.

The possibilities of getting bird lice or bird mite to get in contact with a human are when a few birds begin to construct their nest near home. Most birds are probably to build their warm and secure nests in your rooftop, window ledges and even an air conditioner compressor unit.

Where are they found?

Bird mites love humid or moist conditions and they’re extremely dynamic during the spring and summer seasons and are normally seen in birds that nest near homes or surrounding areas.

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

These creatures also love to crawl and can enter the dwelling rooms, climb on walls, ceilings and lurk in the bedding.

Spotting Bird Lice Infestation

Proper identification of bird lice infestation is essential particularly the level of its infestation. The best way to deal with this is to discover the houses and terminate them. Thus, proficient bug control services would be the opportune people to deal with the circumstance to avert exchange of bugs and threat of bird-related contaminations. bugs, home owners usually seek assistance from pest control professionals. The best approach that you can do though is investigating your area for presence of nest and then reporting it to the specialists. However, ponder on this warning do not attempt to remove yourself to avoid risk of bird mite transfer to other areas.

To spot possible infestation, check for nestings around:

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

Another thing you can do though is to prevent birds from building nests in your premises. Block openings by putting up significant fences, seal and repair 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 above, proper pest identification is necessary in order to take care of the situation. Hence, simply driving away the birds or maintaining the cleanliness of the area will not do good unless the source of infestation is removed.

Local Pest Control Northern Beaches will help you look into your place and close by environment. After assessing 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 fantastic quality of work from assessment to our treatment program and implementation strategies.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are my pets at home affected by the treatments you employ?

Your pet’s safety is very important to us. We can assure you that the constituents active they may come into contact with, either when it is still wet or through inhalation or ingesting, is minute.

Can the spray cause any human health issues?

The spray we apply is usually utilized in public spaces such as schools and hospitals and does not cause any harm on humans.

What do I do if I accidently touch any of the areas treated with a spray?

This will only be of concern if the spray areas remain wet. If this happens, wash with soap and plenty of water as quickly as you are able to. After a relatively short period of time, the carrier, tap water will have gone out of the water and won’t be harmful to you in any way when you come in contact with the area.

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