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Although most Australian birds are completely harmless, the most commonly known pest species throughout the Sydney metropolitan area are the Pigeon, Sparrow, Minor bird and Starling.
Building nests within your home or workplace whilst bringing along with them mites or lice, they begin to cause various problems within your home or workplace and are even capable of threatening your health. |
The most commonly gained route of entry for the bird to enter your home or office is - under broken ridge capping, under roof tiles, in valleys, drain hole pipes, vents and chimneys. Common areas for roosting within your home or office may include down pipes, exposed ledges, window sills, verandahs, air-conditioning units, carparks and garages to name a few.
Some birds nest in situations such as guttering and down piping which then causes water overflow and moisture problems in the walls. There faeces also reduces the normal flow of water in guttering, causing corrosion in some types of metal guttering. Did you know that a gap as small as a fifty cent piece is all that is needed for these pest birds to gain entry.
| Histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis and aspergillosis are fungus diseases in bird droppings and the spores from these become airborne and inhaled by those nearby. These diseases produce symptoms in humans similar to influenza but can develop into more serious illnesses in susceptible people or those with reduced immunity. |
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The food poisoning bacterium “Salmonella” can also be contracted by humans from bird droppings.
Birds frequently become pests, and control measures must be taken to relieve the many pest problems created by their presence. The purpose of Forensic Pest Management Services bird control is to make roosting and nesting sites inaccessible to pest birds in and around your home or office.
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We use a number of various methods to control these pests including Bird wire netting, Avistrand, Stainless steel spikes, trapping and Stelthnet. We use only safe and humane methods to eradicate your home or office of these pest birds. |
Once our technician has assessed the site we can then recommend the most cost effective and efficient method to be used for the building site.
We will arrive at the agreed time suitable for yourself and will leave your home or workplace exactly the way we found it.
Call us now for some friendly advice for an effective and environmentally-friendly solution to your bird problem.
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| Pigeon faeces to airconditioning unit |
Removed and cleaned faeces and bird deterrent spikes installed |
Bird Mites
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 (Bird Mite) Ornithonyssus Bursa
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Bird Mites are very minute creatures barley visible to the naked eye but are an extremely mobile mite, measuring 0.1-2.0mm in length, oval in shape and with a sparse covering of short hairs.
Bird mites are semi transparent in color, which makes them difficult to detect on the skin until blood in ingested and then digested this is when they may appear reddish to blackish.
The bird mite is a parasite feeding on the blood of birds. Bird mites have unsegmented abdomens and 4 pairs of legs in the adult stage.
The development of a mite involves an egg, larval, nymphal and adult stage. The larvae have only 3 pairs of legs, the nymphs and adults have 4 pairs.
The life cycle usually occupies approximately 7 days but within these 7 days they are capable of reproducing an extremely large population. Birds being the host for the bird mites are a common pest to the human particularly in the spring and summer months. |
The infestation of the bird mites within your home or workplace begins as the birds begin to build their nest or after the babies have left the nest as this then leaves the bird mites often many thousands of them with no host or food leading the bird mites to search for a new host and food. The materials used for the birds nest provides an ideal environment for the bird mites to thrive.
When the mite is searching for a new host they begin biting the human. When the mite bites it injects its saliva at the same time leading to a severe irritation causing rashes, inflammation and intense itching. Due to the intense itching this can then lead to a secondary infection. Usually the common complaint for humans with bird mites within the home or workplace is the discomfort of the bird mites bite causing intense irritation and also the sensation of crawling mites on the skin. However the problem of bird mites within the home or office will persist while the bird related source of the mites remain.
The bird mite does not live under the skin of a human and nor is the bird mite linked with any transmittable disease.
With Forensic Pest Management Services knowledge and expertise we will happily come to your home or workplace and correctly identify the mite and once identified appropriate steps are taken to locate the source of the infestation and prevent its recurrence. Forensic Pest Management Services will locate all nesting sites and remove all nesting materials.
We will then apply an insecticidal spray to ensure total eradication of the mites, but treatment of rooms without the removal of nests in roof cavities will not stop further mites entering and thus your bird mite problem will persist. Forensic Pest Management Services also recommends that all broken tiles or timber allowing access to roof cavities should be repaired and all potential entry points to the eaves and roof cavity be blocked. Roosting and nesting sites on window ledges should also be cleared or proofed and be made inaccessible for future bird use.
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