>> 0.66% <g> Bird mite is 0.33% and it doesn't really work.
>
>Actually, I thoroughly disagree with your protocol for treating mites.
>0.66% concentration is higher than what should even be used on a larger
>animal such as a guinea pig or a rabbit. Having dealt with mite infested
>gerbils, I use a bird mite/lice spray at 0.033% concentration and it has
>never failed to take care of the problem. In many of your posts detailing
>the treatment of mites I have seen the active ingredient called
>"pyrenthins" or something to that effect used- it's actually pyrethrins, so
>I can't help but wonder if you might be misreading the label.
>
>Thanks for the watchful eye and attempted correction, but it was not a typo
>in this case.
>
>Jill
I have had over 250 cages of animals at a time, with infestations.
Of hamsters (three varieties, syrians, dwarf campbells, chinese dwarfs),
gerbils, and a few rats and a mouse. The 0.33% concentration
solution only if I sprayed it right on the mites and got them thoroughly
soaked would it slow them down and kill them. With the 0.66%,
getting all surfaces and dampening all the animals would kill the
mites in a few minutes. And I used it on everything from pinkies
to adults. I tried using both concentrations, starting with the 0.33%
and it did not do the job. The 0.66% did. The second time I had
a problem (believed that I handled an infested animal and had
some come home with me, or in infested feed--after this I
started freezing feed to prevent the problem) I started with the 0.66%
solution immediately, rather than having to do that entire procedure
twice.
It is pyrethrins. I did make a typo.
However, at a dilution that you are mentioning there...six hundreths
of a percentage, I could rather give them all baths in water. I am
indicating two thirds of one percent, which is a pretty dilute amount.
[0.06% is six parts per ten thousand. 0.66% is sixty six parts per
ten thousand]
Deb
Rebel's Rodent Ranch
