Reply #6: well it's a standard test an avian vet would run [View All]

[amazona]

It's pretty much the first thing you look for with beak overgrowth. While it's well established that the mites almost always come from wild birds perching on aviaries and transmitting the mites to the aviary birds, communication between people who deal with the pet/aviary trade and field ornithologists isn't always as good as it might be. Now you have me wondering if I should write a polite letter to this investigator and suggest that she test for mites but I don't want to insult her if it's something she did on Day One. Hmmm.