Suspected Mites - Fleece Question

[Liane]

I suspect that some of my girls might have mites, so they're being treated for that, but while I was looking at all the different shampoos I saw stuff to use on their homes, but I wonder whether this is suitable for their fleece? The fleece is washed and rotated regularly but how do you treat the fleece?

 

[angel1]

i would imagine a hot wash through the machine is enough to kill anything in the fleece.

 

[Abi_nurse]

I wouldnt expect any mites to live in the fleece or survive the wash in the machine to be honest. A good biological washing powder/soup/gel will kill them if there are any.

x.

 

[Liane]

Thanks! Fleece is all being washed and changed just now

 

[sharonS]

That should do the trick . Also I would have thought that the mites would stay on the host, if they left a warm host they wouldn't survive for long.