All you need to know about canary air sac mites
The cause of the air sac mite must be identified before canaries receive the treatment. The canary aviary, cages and all it contains must be free of dust, clean and sanitized.
How mites are transmitted in to the canary's aviary?
These microscopic mites live everywhere in our environment and are transmitted to the canary's aviary through dust, seed, strange infected bird, wood, contaminated water, dishes, nesting material, or any other item containing mites that enters into their aviary.
How mites are transmitted in to the canary's aviary?
These microscopic mites live everywhere in our environment and are transmitted to the canary's aviary through dust, seed, strange infected bird, wood, contaminated water, dishes, nesting material, or any other item containing mites that enters into their aviary.
How mites are transmitted to the canary system?
How to know if your canaries are infected with air sac mites?
During the sleeping hours of your canaries, and when their aviary is completely dark and quiet, listen carefully if you can hear your canaries making one or more of the following four sounds "symptoms" : Sneezing, Coughing , Wheezing, Clicking
If you hear these sounds, use a small flashlight to guide you to find the infected canary during the dark, place the canary in a hospital cage to receive the medication. In general, when a canary has a respiratory infection, lack of vitamin A or air sac mites, he will have some or all the following symptoms:
What are the Air sac mites symptoms ?
example :
If the canary tail move down about 1/2 of an inch away from the normal position of his tail during the breathing cycle and while the canary is a sleep it means, his sickness is in a higher level than a canary moving his tail about 1/4 of an inch .
The only time a canary with No tail bobbing, if he is 100% healthy or if he is dead .
- The mites are transmitted directly to a canary nasal cavity.
- The mites are transmitted to canary young's when fed by their infected parents.
- The mites are transmitted from one adult canary to another adult by courtship feeding.
- The mites crawl to a perched canary to reach his head, then travels to his trachea, lungs, and air sac system by entering through his nasal cavity and mouth.
How to know if your canaries are infected with air sac mites?
During the sleeping hours of your canaries, and when their aviary is completely dark and quiet, listen carefully if you can hear your canaries making one or more of the following four sounds "symptoms" : Sneezing, Coughing , Wheezing, Clicking
If you hear these sounds, use a small flashlight to guide you to find the infected canary during the dark, place the canary in a hospital cage to receive the medication. In general, when a canary has a respiratory infection, lack of vitamin A or air sac mites, he will have some or all the following symptoms:
What are the Air sac mites symptoms ?
- Nasal discharge
- Open mouth breathing
- Neck stretching
- Wheezing
- Clicking
- Fever
- Itchy and watery eyes
- Hard breathing
- Strep throat
- Tail bobbing
- A sick canary tail will be (bobbing) Down and up during his breathing cycle (Inhalation-Exhalation). The symptoms can can be noticeable during the canary sleeping time
- A healthy canary tail will not move at all during the sleeping time .
- The faster inhalation and exhalation a canary make during his sleeping time means, his sickness is in a higher stage.
- The longest of a distance the tail create while the canary is breathing means, his sickness is in a higher stage .
example :
If the canary tail move down about 1/2 of an inch away from the normal position of his tail during the breathing cycle and while the canary is a sleep it means, his sickness is in a higher level than a canary moving his tail about 1/4 of an inch .
The only time a canary with No tail bobbing, if he is 100% healthy or if he is dead .
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