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hi there just got two pairs of gouldians,,,about 4 days ago and have been reading alot about air sac mite ,,,,my birds are healthy alert and very active just wondering if i should put any treatment in there water so they dont get this disease,,,as a precaution,,,ive never had birds with this in my time of breading javas for 8 years ,,,,but i wanna be safe with my gouldians ,,,please help shoud i or shouldnt i,,,thanks

Do you have a quarantine process?

As a part of my qurantine process I treat for ASM, to keep it from getting into my flock. I use either S76 in the drinking water or SCATT applied directly to the bird. Caution w SCATT, as it is potent and you can easily overdose the bird.

I treat all new birds for ASM during quarantine but from everything I have read/talked to other people/IMHO I feel that gouldians should all be treated for ASM once or twice a year.

I treat any incoming bird for air sac mites (I use scatt) during quarantine only, I don't do a yearly or twice a year treatment.

debbie276 wrote:I treat any incoming bird for air sac mites (I use scatt) during quarantine only, I don't do a yearly or twice a year treatment.

Thats interesting Debbie. Most people I talk to do. If you have had success without it thats great news.

I've had gouldians for over 10 years now and only once did I ever have ASM in a hen a bought. I treated her during quarantine added her to the flock and never had ASM pop-up in any of my birds in all these years.