My friends have already heard this story, but just to follow up, Big Boy's legs are much improved. He had Scaly Leg mite, which made his feet and legs inflamed and icky looking. Icky.
So, I tried a few things. The first, a water based insecticide, didn't do much. Then I found a reference on the internet that said the cure is WD 40- you know, the lubricant. Well, I have some of that handy, so Mike and I took the fishing net out to the coop and wrestled Big Boy upside down and sprayed him. I did that myself, without my husbands help, twice more.
My trout fishing net is now in three pieces, but Big Boys legs are looking pretty good. The treatment is over, at least until a get a new fish net, but it looks like a success.
Vaseline also works,WD40 is great to remove labels from jam jars, you know, the sort that no matter how much you soak them will not budge.
ReplyDeleteI saw vaseline on the list..didn't have any, so I went with the WD 40.
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