Bird Lice Control
Lapstone

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

Have you ever experienced a sudden itch when you’re enjoying free time outdoors? If so, you may 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, 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.

Once they enter into the households, bird lice shouldn’t be taken lightly. They are capable of biting and feeding on an individual host and inducing annoying itch. Even if you do not have pets, you can still encounter with bird mites from birds who are roosting nearby.

Here are a few quick data about these bird lice:

• At less than 1 mm long, bird mites/lice are extremely small, but they are easily seen 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 however they have the ability to reproduce fast and effective at plaguing a host.
• These pests’ diet is purely blood and they feed on birds such as pigeons, starlings, sparrows and even poultry.
• They affect poultry very quickly, killing sick, old and young birds.
• They bite that results to annoying itchiness. They may not transmit diseases but the scratch from their itchy bites can cause secondary infections and scarrings.

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

Where are they found?

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

These tiny creatures move into dwelling areas on the lookout for a blood meal. They can crawl into your living area, climb on the walls, ceilings and lurk in bed.

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 critical especially the degree of its infestation. The best approach for this is to find the nests and eliminating 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 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 experts. However, ponder on this warning do not attempt to remove the nests yourself to avoid risk of bird mite transfer to other areas.

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

• Eaves and at chimneys
• Roof spaces
• Wall cavities
• Storm cellars
• Window ledges
• Porches

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

Controlling Bird Lice

Controlling bird lice in your own can be difficult and upsetting. You cannot easily prevent its dispersing in your property by simply driving away birds, removing nests, cleaning cages or even disinfecting the area. You need the help of professional pest management services in order to assess and come up with a treatment strategy to completely eradicate such situation.

Local Pest Control Glenmore Park will help you inspect your place and nearby surroundings. After analysing the degree of infestation, we’ll help you in removing nesting materials, sealing entry points and apply needed treatment to help control the pests. We guarantee you a high quality work from evaluation to our treatment program and implementation procedures.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my household pets be affected by the treatments you employ?

Your pet’s safety is a top priority for us. You may rest assured that any active component they may come into contact with, whether it’s still damp or through inhalation or ingesting, is minute.

Can the spray cause any harm to humans?

The spray we use is often employed in public areas such as hospitals and schools and has no adverse effects on humans.

What should I do if I accidently touch any of the areas that have been treated with a spray?

It’s only of concern if the spray areas remain wet. Should this happen, wash with soap and plenty of water as soon as you possibly can. After a brief period of time, the carrier tap water has evaporated and will not harm you in any way when you come in contact with the region.

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