Bird Lice Control
Coasters Retreat

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 might be bitten by bird lice. Bird lice or bird mites as others call it is preys that are naturally found in birds. They usually are present when birds vacate their nest. Though birds are their hosts, they can jump to feed on other animals such as rodents, dogs and cats and have the possibility to feed on humans as well. However, these pests are self-limiting as they can only live for a short period of time.

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 causes annoying itch. It’s possible that your house and surroundings may have bird lice infestation when birds out are roosting nearby.

Here are some quick facts about these bird lice:

• At less than 1 mm lengthy, bird mites/lice are extremely modest, but, they are without difficulty observable with a naked eye.
• Best called walking pepper flakes.
• They’re self-limiting pest that can live at least for seven days but they are fast breeders and they are capable of jumping from 1 host to another.
• These pests’ diet is purely blood and they feed on birds such as pigeons, starlings, sparrows and even poultry.
• They can easily make 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 scratch from their itchy bites can cause secondary infections and scarrings.

Although they’re self-limiting and can rarely survive if they host on people, the possibility of people getting in contact with the pest is simply fair. You can experience bird mite infestation if there are roosting birds nearby and are building their nests on trees, roof tops, window ledges and even an air conditioning unit.

Where are they found?

Bird mites are usually nesting in vacated nest and they love to remain in moist and humid environment.

These little bugs move into living spaces searching for blood meals. They can enter your front room, getting on the dividers, roofs and sneaking in bed.

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

Spotting Bird Lice Infestation

Proper identification of bird lice infestation is critical especially the degree of its infestation. The best approach to this is to locate the nests and removing it. Hence, professional pest control services are the right people to manage the situation to prevent transfer of mites and risk of bird-related infections. bugs, home owners usually find 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 yourself to avoid risk of bird mite move to other areas.

To spot the infestation, check for nestings around:

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

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

Controlling Bird Lice

Controlling bird lice in your can be troublesome and frustrating. You can’t simply prevent its spreading in your property by essentially heading outside birds, expelling the nests, cleaning cages or even sterilising the area. You need the assistance of an expert to check and run a treatment strategy to control and eradicate the infestation.

Local Pest Control Northern Beaches can help you inspect your area and nearby environment. After evaluating the level of infestation, we will help you in expelling settling materials, fixing entrance points and employ required treatment to control the pests. We promise you an superb output to our treatment program and execution methods.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Your pet’s safety is extremely important to us. We can assure you that any active component they might come into contact with, whether it is still wet or inhaling it or ingestion the substance, is very small.

Will the spray cause harm to humans?

The spray we use is often employed in public areas like schools and hospitals and causes no ill effects to human beings.

What do I do if accidently touch any of the areas that have been sprayed?

This will only be an issue if the sprayed areas are still wet. If this occurs, clean with soap and lots of water as quickly as you can. After a relatively short period of time, the carrier tap water has evaporated and won’t be harmful to you in any way should you come into contact with the region.

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