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Mites question - for PCOs or anyone who knows mites - help!
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earthangel
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Mon Nov 2 2009 20:01:53
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I am pretty sure that what is torturing me and also my at-home assistant (who can't come anymore now) with bites and itches is some kind of mite. I am now also pretty sure it's from birds, as I found out our building has had a bird problem - briefly, hundreds and hundreds of them all over it at dawn daily because of someone who feeds them. Various maintenance/sanitation issues are ongoing for this well-kept nice building I live in.
They are too small to see. My question is this - if you narrow it down to chicken mites, northern fowl mites, or rodent mites - do I have to know which it is? are the treatments really different for all of those? I'll still try to catch one, I've sent for a device KillerQueen recommended, but I am going crazy with endless laundering and huge disruption in a small space, so now that I know what I most probably probably have, I want to get the most powerful PCO treatment that will do the job.
An additional reason for question - maybe I am too pessimistic, but I think I may have to "guide" any PCO I work with so I want to know as much as I can before I get mixed up with anyone. I read all the mites forums but I trust the people here the absolute most as to knowledge and integrity.
I will be very happy if someone knows a NYC PCO who can deal with mites without my non-expert help!!
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nervousaboutbedbugs
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Mon Nov 2 2009 20:34:05
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What is the device that KQ recommended for you? We had mice exterminated last winter and following the extermination started being bitten by something we can't see whenever we cooked or sat at the computer... never left any visible bites, but itched like crazy. Based on other posts I've read, I'm wondering about mites myself...
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earthangel
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Wed Nov 4 2009 3:08:15
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It is called Victor The Ultimate Flea Trap.
I am just about to open up the box and set it up. He said it should catch mites as well as fleas, suggested I leave it in place for a week and then take it to an enomologist.
Amazon has it, but the site said it shipped "within two to three months," so I kept looking and ordered it instead from Safe Home Products, who shipped very promptly.
Do you still have them? if so I really recommend being active about getting rid of them, there are some nightmare stories out there and though my infestation is not as bad as some, it's resulted in a life dominated by endless laundry, complicated shower rituals, purchase of cleaning products and isolation of clothes, and resultant destruction of any beauty at all in my small home.,
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nervousaboutbedbugs
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Wed Nov 4 2009 12:25:22
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We stopped feeling the bites when the weather changed - during the summer it was terrible but now we don't feel anything. Not sure if they're gone, if it wasn't mites after all, or if they're just less active because of the lower temp. I've read somewhere that can happen.
I think we'll invest in the trap KQ recommended, since I'd hate for them to be back, and worse, next summer.
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