Anyone have any experience with mites with your parrotlets? scary thought. How did you deal with it and get rid of them?
oh wow do you know how they can get it in the first place? and can it be transfered to other animals in the house such as dogs/cats?I had scaley face and leg mites in 2 of my parakeets when I was younger. I tried treating with a product that I got from the petstore. It made it better, but it didn't solve the problem. Eventually took them to the vet who gave them a shot and they were cured I also had a cockatiels and Jinx then, but the vet said that since they weren't showing any symptoms and the mites usually don't from one bird to another, then I shouldn't have to treat the other birds in the home.
As a side note, it took about 1 year for it to spread from the parakeet that had the problem to the my other parakeet and they shared a cage; they rarely interacted with the tiels or Jinx.