Have a Bird Lice Problem?

Bird Lice are small and vary in color and hard to see. Eggs are attached to the feather, close to the skin and hatch in a few days. Bird lice will not leave a bird host in search of an animal or pet host but have been known to bite humans when separated from a bird or when humans are handling birds infected with bird lice.

Birds with lice will groom more often than one without lice. Bird lice may crawl away or fall off and go in search of a new food source. Bird lice cannot survive more than a couple of days without a blood meal and will bite a pet or human if they come in contact with the lice before it finds another bird host.