Why some beat this quickly and others don't

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I know how frustrating it must seem for some to read how some have gotten rid of a bird mite problem quickly, but they have been fighting it a long time with little success. Please keep in mind a couple of important issues regarding these mites.

Some are dealing with NFM and others are fighting D. Gallinae. Of the two, D. G. is far more tenacious, smaller, lives longer without a host, and is more resistant to miticides. The 'research' webpage documents these facts, but most of us know this already.

Some have had an initial home invasion of only a few hundred mites as maybe they dispersed from a vacated nest in several directions, and others have to deal with possibly thousands that completely overwhelm a single home environment.

That is what happened to me and it took months to realize what was happening and what I was dealing with. By then, they were internal. A young lady in San Fran recently had an apartment roof collapse and the debris and rain washed a lot of pigeon nest debris (including bird mites) into her apartment, which completely overwhelmed her to the brink of suicide. There were no doubt many thousands of mites involved here.

So hang in there, no matter what you particular situation, and know that others are going through this long-term also. God bless us all.

Job 7

Tim

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Thanks, Tim !!

I have just returned from a trip to the carribean for a family wedding. It was a welcome getaway from this current hell hole of still bagged and infested belongings, waiting for my next apartment high up in the sky sans pigeon, no it will not be a top floor apartment!

It felt great to sleep on a real bed and using real towels for a couple of days. Although, I shared that lovely plantation hotel room with my daughter, my nagging thoughts never went away of infesting others, my daughter even exlaimed once: " I saw some flying things coming out of my suitcase from my clothes"..........My heart sinking fast into an abyss!

I rather take million more of these demons, as others call it, than my daughter or others having to deal with this hell.

Now I am back to my current digs, depression sets in, then I muster to re-establish some order and control, my CO2 tank anxiously eyeing and waiting to be set in action in a storage bin of sorts to wack the whole studio size belongings left so far before moving into my next place.

I left some Windex soaking wherever I could think of before I left, even ACV on the kitchen counter with all windows closed before I left for the trip. 'They' still rushed to me upon my arrival :-)...saw many black specks around the dried up kitchen counter with the ACV spill, I know they were not there when I left.

My clothing was the most affected, altough clean mostly and bagged them as fast as I learned about the facts after my initial infestation, I realize know: I had my 'so much adored walk-in closet' way to close in proximity of the bath room with its subsequent ceiling collapse, that is where 'they' nested most heavily, every speck of of textile, shoes, lingerie.etc...

Please, forgive me my long winded message, however, a quick status report:

1. I noticed a diminished attack of my body etc since I have undertaken my stringent anti-fungal, mostly topical, still waiting for those docs to cooperate for the internal versions!!!!!( remember I was exposed to fungi releasing spores long term before even learning about my stove infested pigeon poop)...I noticed many subtle changes about my body, however, was not able to put it all together at the time)

2. Soaking the clothes overnight a must and that newly found clothes steamer helps quite a bit. I even took it on my trip.

3. Diet changes, supplements all geared to a state of 'base', acidotic vs. alkaline!, it helped a lot, took some of the forum's suggestions, thanks! ( Golfnut has great advise!)

So, thanks for your precious time by reading about this.

Truly humbled and grateful for all your support.

M

From: bird mites <tim@...>Subject: Why some beat this quickly and others don'tbird mites Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008, 7:54 PM

I know how frustrating it must seem for some to read how some have gotten rid of a bird mite problem quickly, but they have been fighting it a long time with little success. Please keep in mind a couple of important issues regarding these mites.

Some are dealing with NFM and others are fighting D. Gallinae. Of the two, D. G. is far more tenacious, smaller, lives longer without a host, and is more resistant to miticides. The 'research' webpage documents these facts, but most of us know this already.

Some have had an initial home invasion of only a few hundred mites as maybe they dispersed from a vacated nest in several directions, and others have to deal with possibly thousands that completely overwhelm a single home environment.

That is what happened to me and it took months to realize what was happening and what I was dealing with. By then, they were internal. A young lady in San Fran recently had an apartment roof collapse and the debris and rain washed a lot of pigeon nest debris (including bird mites) into her apartment, which completely overwhelmed her to the brink of suicide. There were no doubt many thousands of mites involved here.

So hang in there, no matter what you particular situation, and know that others are going through this long-term also. God bless us all.

Job 7

Tim