Air Sac Mites

[CHARLTON34]

What members experience with this, & as a general health guide within the loft how would you deal with this moving forward.
Do you treat with a certain preventative in your routine for old & ybs, & do you think or have dealings with possible loss of form during the race season.

[king]

I don't of any fancier who has had there birds diagnosed with Air Sac Mites as they are not common in pigeons. Air Sac Mites are more common in cage birds & Poultry. Are fanciers treating blind for them? or just treating against parasites in general?

[Anthony webster]

I have zero experience with em but when I worm I use 2 days moxidectin 11 days later 3 days fenbendazole ,,the next worming when I choose to do it goes 2 days moxidectin 11 days later 2 days ivermectin.

[king]

I don't of any fancier who has had there birds diagnosed with Air Sac Mites as they are not common in pigeons. Air Sac Mites are more common in cage birds & Poultry. Are fanciers treating blind for them? or just treating against parasites in general?

Your worming and treating for mites the same time king
99 per cent of the people I know blind treat for worms so there treating for parasites anyway

That's why I asked Neil. I knew about Air Sac Mites, but never thought they wee a problem for pigeons. I know it possible for them to get them but unlikely. That's why I asked if fanciers are treating blind for them whilst treating for other things. I myself don't routinely worm or treat for any parasites, I just do them if I think they need it. The only treatment my get is a 7 day treatment for canker in Jan before the first eggs are laid.

[king]

I don't of any fancier who has had there birds diagnosed with Air Sac Mites as they are not common in pigeons. Air Sac Mites are more common in cage birds & Poultry. Are fanciers treating blind for them? or just treating against parasites in general?

My take on this is that air-sac mite is a much more common problem than people realise

The mite live within the respiratory tract and when there's a problem can present itself with a rattling sound, or the birds gaping with an open-beak

When fanciers see/hear this they think "respiratory problem" - and to some degree it is but the root cause can be air-sac mite

As it happens Ivermectin and Moxidectin are both really efficient at treating this

Moxidectin has been my most recommended treatment for a lift in form for 30 years

Mike whilst it's almost certain some fanciers will have birds with them, do you know of any fancier that's actually had them diagnosed by a Vet? If using Ivermectin and Moxidectin, I expect many maybe are treating a problem they didn't know they had?

[CHARLTON34]

Your worming and treating for mites the same time king
99 per cent of the people I know blind treat for worms so there treating for parasites anyway

That's why I asked Neil. I knew about Air Sac Mites, but never thought they wee a problem for pigeons. I know it possible for them to get them but unlikely. That's why I asked if fanciers are treating blind for them whilst treating for other things. I myself don't routinely worm or treat for any parasites, I just do them if I think they need it. The only treatment my get is a 7 day treatment for canker in Jan before the first eggs are laid.

See I worm I think it’s vital to have tne pigeons in peak condition
Having worms you can’t expect the bird to perform and not all worms are obvious to the eye
if we worm we are treating for parasites aswell so we are all if we use moxidectin or ivermectin treating for air sac mite etc
Why I posted I use ivermectin after using moxidectin is because a friend and very good fancier advised me that ivermectin has the slight edge for mite
Moxi the edge for worms although moxi stays in the system longer
So I took his advise
Now there’s nothing to support that just his advise but to me it seems sensible to do one then the other if we are worming

I have googled previously and I believe they lay eggs in the lungs do tne young feed off bloddd and the spare females live in the airways around the wattle and throat where they can be sneezed out spreading to other birds
Possible in the transporter

A good reply Neil, I can see the value in your post & that makes a lot of sense, having an edge with the pigeons can make such a difference when racing.

[Johnbee]

I always used Moxidectin for this, but the Cockney "Boy Wonder" has an alternative and probably better treatment for this

I'll let him tell you in a bit when he's on as I'm not sure of dosage administration

I haven’t a clue all I always went moxi
But I believe ivermectin is better for air sac might and moxi for worms
Both do the same job moxi will last longer on the system just in my head it works better like that
Moxi .2ml on the gob
Ivermectin 2 drops one each nostril or 2 in the gob
It is bloody hard on your own doing the nostril as it’s running out
It’s actually harder than yellow drops

Sent pm mate

How often do you drop invermectin into nostril.