Bird Lice Control
Crows Nest

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

Have you ever experienced a sudden itch when you are enjoying free time outside? 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 option to feed on humans also. However, these pests are self-limiting as they can only live for a brief period of time.

Bird lice (or bird mite) should not be dismissed. Even if you don’t have a pet bird in your 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 long, bird mites/lice are extremely small, but they are easily seen with a naked eye.
• Best described as moving pepper grounds.
• They have a short lifestyle cycle of seven days however they’re capable of rapid propagation to infest a host.
• These germs’ mainly feed on blood from flying animals, for instance, pigeons, starlings, sparrows and even poultry.
• They can easily make a whole poultry sick most notably young and old 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 having bird lice or fowl bug to draw near to human is the point where a few birds start 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?

Bird mites love moist or humid conditions and they are very active during the spring and summer seasons and are naturally located where birds and their nests can be found.

When spring and summer come, they’re very active and are voraciously preying on birds.

Bird mites can come in contact with people when birds leave their nests and these pests are left without a host to feed on.

Spotting Bird Lice Infestation

As mentioned earlier, bird lice infestation is very crucial and requires proper identification. Since this pest is almost 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 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 move to other areas.

To identify possible infestation, assess for nestings around:

• Eaves and at chimneys
• Roof spaces
• Wall cavities
• Basements
• Window ledges
• Yards

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

Controlling Bird Lice

Controlling bird lice on your own can be difficult and upsetting. You can’t easily prevent its dispersing in your property by simply driving away birds, removing nests, cleaning cages or even disinfecting the region. You need the help of professional pest control services in order to assess and think of a treatment plan to completely eradicate such situation.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my household pets be affected by the products you use?

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

Does the spray pose human health issues?

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

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

This is only of concern if the spray areas are still wet. If this happens, wash with soap and plenty of water as soon 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 harm you in any way should you come into contact with the surface.

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