What you've mentioned would be a great addition to his treatment. You're in the UK so you can buy F10 Avian Disinfectant, it's great stuff that I use and it recommends exactly what you said about leaving it to sit for a few minutes. You can buy the soapy solution that requires wiping off, or you can buy the disinfectant one that can be left to air dry without needing to dry. I use the latter and just spray the entire cage top to bottom (after removing food, water, cuttlebones, etc.) and let it air dry whilst the girls are playing about in a different room. I have a different spray bottle with the soapy solution that I use every two weeks to deep clean the cage and get all the poop and grime off their stuff.
It's great stuff, and I would highly recommend it. I also bought some Birdy Finect, it supposedly dries out mites and causes them to dehydrate to death? Might be worth grabbing some if you want to be extra diligent, but probably not required.
Chuck the blanket and bedtime cage cover in the washing machine at 90 celsius if you don't mind shrinkage. Thanks for being such a wonderful owner, Pippi is the luckiest to have someone like you making sure they're happy, healthy and spoiled. It's always lovely to see an owner proactively going to the vet.
PS: If the vet is very expensive, you can save yourself some money for next time Pippi gets face mites, since scaly face mites are quite easy to treat at home. You can buy a liquid medication that you can put in the water bowl to treat scaly face mites. You can also buy drop-on solution to administer it directly to their skin, but I find this really hard to do without help. Be very, very careful not to overdose. I gave my two girls the water-bowl treatment first, then followed up with skin treatment after a month to make sure it was gone for good. The skin on treatment made them both very groggy and they had side effects even though the label said there shouldn't be any.
It's great stuff, and I would highly recommend it. I also bought some Birdy Finect, it supposedly dries out mites and causes them to dehydrate to death? Might be worth grabbing some if you want to be extra diligent, but probably not required.
Chuck the blanket and bedtime cage cover in the washing machine at 90 celsius if you don't mind shrinkage. Thanks for being such a wonderful owner, Pippi is the luckiest to have someone like you making sure they're happy, healthy and spoiled. It's always lovely to see an owner proactively going to the vet.
PS: If the vet is very expensive, you can save yourself some money for next time Pippi gets face mites, since scaly face mites are quite easy to treat at home. You can buy a liquid medication that you can put in the water bowl to treat scaly face mites. You can also buy drop-on solution to administer it directly to their skin, but I find this really hard to do without help. Be very, very careful not to overdose. I gave my two girls the water-bowl treatment first, then followed up with skin treatment after a month to make sure it was gone for good. The skin on treatment made them both very groggy and they had side effects even though the label said there shouldn't be any.
