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Asked Oct 13, 2010, 03:06 AM — 14 Answers
Hi, I am a 30 year old woman from India. No one here seems to have much information on Bird mites. I know my husband and I have a home infestation from these as we've seen them on our black pillow cases. They appear to be whitish in colour and are the size of about a dot. We called a reputed pest control company who said that they could help and sprayed our house twice. The result was that the day that our house was sprayed, the bugs bit even worse. So we gave up on the pest control company.
After much research, we now follow the following strategies Iron all our clothes, including undergarments before wearing. Iron the mattress as well as the bed linen before retiring for the day. Wash all our clothes in borax and mop our floors as well. We have also sprinkled borax on the bed mattress (in the dry form). I also spray myself with Listerine in the bathroom. Despite all this, we seem to get bitten, especially me. The crawling sensation is even worse.
I finally found an entomologist in India, but not in the same state as mine, who suggested the following:
Mix 100 ml of Chloropyrifos, DDVP and Mit 505 (a miticide) in 5 litres of water. Spray everywhere in t he house including the bed and sofa. Seal the premises. Use phosphine tablets (Cellphos) in the house and leave it sealed for at least 6 hours ideally overnight. Air out the house the next day and mop floors with disinfectant.
My question is, will all this actually help? Since catsmine seems to be a person who is aware of these critters, I could really use some kind of reassurance. If not, I do not want to try the tablets as I've read that they are poisonous to humans and possibly lethal in the wrong quantity.

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Jul 20, 2011, 12:56 PM
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I have contacted various pest control officials, all of them refuse to use the chemicals mentioned in my above post. Moreover, they refuse to actually believe us that bird mites could persist for so long. I am feeling immensely depressed.
You're not alone...We've been to 5 docs and they think we're dilusional. Look for a bird nest! You HAVE to find it and get rid of it!
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Jul 20, 2011, 01:07 PM
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Thank you for responding so quickly. Well, I haven't yet found the source. It has been two months and we have been scratching our heads as to where they came from in the first place. Our apartment is surrounded by trees. A few also house bird nests. But they are too high to reach. I do have my doubts on the vents of our building. They house pigeons. I will check and let you know. Thanks once again
Pigeons? Got to get rid of them too!
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Jul 20, 2011, 10:01 PM
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. If eradicating the nest solves your problem, nothing like it!
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Aug 13, 2011, 08:32 AM
Went to a dermatologist who was treating us and then on second visit when we produced whatever we found on our body, he labeled us dillusional. If at all possible, don't carry in a bag of anything. They suddenly get a glazed look on their face like it's the 60's and we're on drugs! Good luck to everyone.
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Oct 5, 2011, 02:47 AM
Hey mamana, is your problem solved? Did you get any results from all the measures that you'd taken? Do keep me posted of any developments.
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