Does my conure have mites
by Tracey
(United Kingdom)
Hello, I have recently added Eddie my yellow sided green cheek conure to my family. He is 10 weeks old, and he has been with me for one week, he has started to scratch his neck and does an odd little twitch with his wings & bounces up and down a bit. When he does this he also makes a chattering type of noise as if he has an itch that he just can't scratch. When I spoke to the lady at the aviary who sold him to me she told me that she had treated him with ivomectin on the back of his neck on the day that she sold him to me. He was ok for the first couple of days but has now started showing the symptons above. Do you think this is a sign of mites, and if it is can I re-treat him using a spray? Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you...Eddie's worried mum!