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Thanks. 🙏 And “let the force be with you” for any future mite attack.

I assume it’s very unhealthy to expose any wildlife and yourself to permethrin.

At my place its a mix of clay, sand and loam. Im not sure if the sand in it is important but if you add a few bags of playground sand to the clay it probably will be fine..

Sand is perfect imo. If you mix 10 buckets of sand with 10 big spoons DE, it's even more perfect.You can sift the ground or use a cat litter scoop if they poop in it. You don't have to buy sand. Just start digging in your garden. If you ever planned to make a pond, this is the moment!

I wouldnt use shaving if you can do without. And where you do need bedding i would clean it every week. (btw, using two types of poison would not be my style) Do you use control rolls for red mite? These rolls are a way to catch the red mite and to check...

I don’t know either, but if these are red mites, I would expect them to have a red hue. If you squash a red mite that has been drinking blood you get a blood spot. Never heard about red mite that like to stay in the poop. Therefore I expect this to be another kind of mite.

How awful. 😢 I feel sorry for you and happy for the chicks you brought back. Great advise from Rosemarythyme. Good luck with the mites and chicks.

If the owner or you can look after dark and shine a light on the chickens/poultry you probably see the red mite walk away from the chickens/poultry. In the morning if you find red mite in the control rolls you see blood when you crush them. Applying DE between their feathers at the start of...

No. It depends on the type of lice or mite which treatment is the best. Especially if you don’t want to use too much poison. People often seem to think that poisons are harmless. They are not! Dive into Parkinson's disease as an example for the harm poisons do to people. And read about the...

Red mites are not on the animals during the day when they are exposed to daylight, unless you have a very bad infestation. I googled Spinosad (wiki) and it seems it can only be subscribed by a vet where I live. It’s a natural product but quite poisonous. From wikipedia: Spinosad is very...

The link if going to an article to tackle northern fowl mites. The red mites are nasty as well but a bit less difficult. I never had such a bad infestation and don’t like the use of poisons so Im probably not the best help in this situation. What I did/recommend , to avoid the use of much...