[MontyTom]

hello all.  anyone ever been troubled with red mites on themselves?  If so, could you always see them on your skin, or just feel them moving/biting?  Thanks.  Is there any human treatment?

[Aunt Sally]

Take a nice deep hot bath Monty  

[MontyTom]

lol.  you know it, aunt!    Itch, don't they!  had several baths but still scratching, or just being paranoid?!?!   :?:

[Aunt Sally]

  It's the itchy and scratchy show  :roll:

I'm lucky enough that my chooks have never had red mite, but I know they do like a nice tasty human.  

[Gloria]

Hi Monty
I wrote in about this a couple of weeks ago (creepy crawlies on hens). In my experience yes you can see them on yourself but they did make me feel itchy even after I knew I'd got rid of the little pests off myself. Even writing about it now is making me start scratching again.... :roll:

[muntjac]

smear vasaline on ya arms n hands n then wash em off .. gives ya a nice little lesson in keeping things clean in ya coop       lmao

[MontyTom]

That's the ironic thing, karl.  I found a small group of mites in a small shed I used to keep chickens in a while ago - birds vacated the place a fair while back after my break in when I had birds nicked.  I went in there to take some wood out and spotted them around a hole in a piece of wood I removed.  Started to itch afterwards but I've not seen any on me, so think I am really being paranoid.  After another bath last night I haven't itched since!  But you are right about the n eed for cleanliness.  I squirt virkon-k all around my pens and just about to add mite powder in new place, just incase.

[Aunt Sally]

Those red mites must have been very hungry without any hens to feed on for a while Monty.  They can survive without a blood feed for about 8 months. So beware anyone using second hand equipment  :shock:

[muntjac]

i use jeyes matey . in a sprayer after i pressure washed em out the gaps lolo.allow to dry for a week then spray with jeyes