Scaly leg mites or age effect on finch feet?

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Anne73
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Scaly leg mites or age effect on finch feet?

Post by Anne73 » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:41 pm

How can one tell if a finch has scaly leg mites or just normal age look to its feet? I noticed on my 4 year old gouldian some roughness to the scales on the toes = some look lifted up on the back toes. Does this sound normal or more like leg mites?
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Re: Scaly leg mites or age effect on finch feet?

Post by Ursula » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:53 pm

Can you by any chance post a picture?

There are lots of pix on the Internet when you google them. Maybe you can compare. I had scaly mites on my budgies and I was able to see the difference. The vet confirmed when I brought them in for treatment. None of my finches got them though, and they share the same aviary. I think it's not as common in finches, you might really just have "old looking" feet on your gouldians.
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I also have 2 parrotlets, 3 dogs, 1 snake and 3 freshwater fishtanks.
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Re: Scaly leg mites or age effect on finch feet?

Post by debbie276 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:02 am

Here's a site with a couple of pictures of scaly mite:
http://ladygouldian.com/node/214
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