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Parasite Treatments For Birds – What Every Bird Owner Should Know!

By Mel Vincent | September 3, 2025 |

Chicken with scaly leg mites Keeping your bird healthy means protecting them from more than just poor diet or environmental stress. Parasites are a common problem in pet birds and aviary flocks, and they can cause anything from mild irritation to life-threatening illness if left untreated. In this post, we’ll look at the most common…

Exzolt treatments for Chicken Red Mite

By Philip Sacks | January 30, 2024 |

Exzolt is an effective treatment for red mite infestations in chickens. It kills the red-mites and can be given to egg-laying birds and there are no withholding periods for eggs. The benefits are: Exzolt efficacy in eliminating poultry red mites Exzolt is easy to dose both orally and in the water to eliminate poultry fowl…

Scaly Mites In Birds

By Bird Vet Melbourne | April 25, 2023 |

Scaly Mites General Information Scaly mites, Cnemidocoptes pillae, are a microscopic species of mite that cause skin problems (‘scaly face’, ‘scaly leg’ and ‘tassel foot’) by burrowing under the skin in budgerigars, canaries, finches and a variety of other bird species. Cnemidocoptes mutans is a close cousin that causes scaly leg in chickens. Scaly Mites…