Once on a host, the tick may take several hours before finding a site to attach to, which is often on the head. Ticks do not have legs that are adapted for jumping. This varies with individuals and some may not even experience paralysis with a fully engorged tick. Generally symptoms of paralysis start showing 2-4 days after the tick has attached. Scabies is a condition caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei , which burrows under the sensitive sections of skin, causing severe irritation.
Transmission is usually from one infected individual to another.
Diagnosis can only be achieved with a skin scraping, which is examined by microscopy, Scabies is easily treated with various readily obtained preparations from chemists. No, scabies mites are generally host specific and human infections are typically acquired from another infected human. No, bird mites do not do this. Bird mite infestations originate from birds that are nesting within the house. The mites become a problem when the young birds fledge and the mites in the nest search for a new host to feed on.