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I was hoping to find a local source in MA for air sac mite treatments. A store I work for has a couple of canaries that I am willing to adopt but they are suffering from air sac mites despite having been to the vet multiple times (it's likely they were cured from the mites but they quickly returned due to a lack of preventative treatment). All I find in every sore I go to is mite sprays like this http://www.petworldshop.com/pictures/sc ... -birds.jpg , they all use the same ingredients it seems. Will I have to order it online?

Bird Supply of New Hampshire has Scatt if you can't find it more local.. I buy some products from them & they can rush a shipment if needed?

I don't believe air sac mites will return quickly without preventative treatment. Are you sure they are not suffering from a respiratory infection? Just a thought

Found this interesting website on air-sac mites versus respiratory infection. They also say that mite treatment doesn't kill the nymphs, so mites could recur.

http://www.ladygouldianfinch.com/featur ... ratory.mgi

I'll look into the respiratory infection possibility. These canaries are in a retail store setting and therefore are exposed to many different birds constantly, which is why I want to treat them with mite treatments as well as a respiratory infection treatment before I bring them to my home. I may have to resort to a rushed shipment since I would like to purchase some nice canaries soon and would like to treat them before introducing them to my current birds as well.