Today I was spreading manure and clearing fence lines and I just happened to switch my over the ear muffs to a different pair after a break. I have three pair and they can be laying about anywhere anytime, in the house by the desk, on the kitchen table, in the truck, on the entry hall table, in the garage. The muffs never get cleaned, go about everywhere with me outside. Always running equipment and chainsawsand have horrible tinnitus I don't want to be any worse.
Well today switching to pair no 2 I couldn't stand wearing them my face was itching and my ears were itching. Turns out pair 2 was absolutely crawling with tiny white mites. Located the other two pairs, they were also -thoroughly- infested with the mites.
A few years ago, I had an old house I tore down and rebuilt. At the same time, a friend was dealing with a bird mite infestation. I knew all the bird nests in the walls were crawling with the mites. They tried everything and ended up having to burn or throw away everything they owned. The mites are practically invisible, they bite and crawl on you when you sit still and sleep like bed bugs. And since you can't see them, they're 10 times harder to kill once an infestation starts. Don't Google it if bed bugs bother you.
So I ended up pushing over those walls and burning them. It also came with a 2 year long panic attack while I lived in the house and rebuilt it, never sure whether I had an infestation or not.
So I'm cleaning like a madman hoping to eliminate any residual ones in places the muffs might have been set over the last few weeks, or who knows how long they were in there.
Well today switching to pair no 2 I couldn't stand wearing them my face was itching and my ears were itching. Turns out pair 2 was absolutely crawling with tiny white mites. Located the other two pairs, they were also -thoroughly- infested with the mites.
A few years ago, I had an old house I tore down and rebuilt. At the same time, a friend was dealing with a bird mite infestation. I knew all the bird nests in the walls were crawling with the mites. They tried everything and ended up having to burn or throw away everything they owned. The mites are practically invisible, they bite and crawl on you when you sit still and sleep like bed bugs. And since you can't see them, they're 10 times harder to kill once an infestation starts. Don't Google it if bed bugs bother you.
So I ended up pushing over those walls and burning them. It also came with a 2 year long panic attack while I lived in the house and rebuilt it, never sure whether I had an infestation or not.
So I'm cleaning like a madman hoping to eliminate any residual ones in places the muffs might have been set over the last few weeks, or who knows how long they were in there.
