Solved mite problem fast and easy

[alan12013]

Long story short... after I got my new Ivory home from the trade I noticed something bad... He had mites! I bought "Reptile Spray" from Natural Chemistry and "Mite Off" from ZooMed. I did 2 treatments only. The first time I sprayed the snake and rubbed it into his body while only just misting it under his chin and back of his head where I saw the others. I also cleaned his cage with this solution as well as my personal cleaning solution. I did 2 treatments 1 day apart about a month ago and I have not seen a mite since. I moved him upstairs today since I didn;t notice anything wrong and it has been a while. Has any one had problems with mites coming back after getting rid of them once?

[bcr229]

IIRC eggs can remain viable for up to 30 days, so if you happened to miss one it could theoretically hatch now and start the cycle all over again. You just wouldn't notice for a few more weeks since mites in their early stages, like the eggs, are almost impossible to see.

[ApReptiles]

They most likely will come back. I would get some provent a mite. I had a mite problem a couple months back i treated all my cages twice a month for two months and haven't had a problem since. Goodluck


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[alan12013]

I was worried about that with the eggs but I was hoping that the 2 mite off products I bought would have killed the eggs. For safe measure I brought him back downstairs for yet another 30 days while I keep spraying.

[bcr229]

Eggs are extremely tough and even PAM doesn't work on them. That's why the instructions are to re-treat every 10-14 days for two months, to target the hatching mites.

[alan12013]

Another strange thing is that I only saw one under his chin, one on the back of his head and 3 on his body in various places. He is solid white so I spotted them easy and was actually able to remove the ones on his body with my hands and kill them. The rest were gone the day after treatment. Is it normal for only a couple to show up and get rid of them before an outbreak? I'm probably just being paranoid but I'm expecting a full fledged attack with thousands of mites.

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Another strange thing is that I only saw one under his chin, one on the back of his head and 3 on his body in various places. He is solid white so I spotted them easy and was actually able to remove the ones on his body with my hands and kill them. The rest were gone the day after treatment. Is it normal for only a couple to show up and get rid of them before an outbreak? I'm probably just being paranoid but I'm expecting a full fledged attack with thousands of mites.

[Sgpython]

Trust me get provent a mite i used this once and all the mites were gone i bought thr compoback of reptile spray with provent a mite its cheaper than buyin both seperately

[KMG]

I had mites once and Reptile Spray worked with one treatment with no recurrence.

[AlexisFitzy]

I've treated mites only 3 times and I've never had to do multiple treatments. Each time they were years apart so it wasn't eggs hatching. I think I'm just really good at eradicating them, or I've gotten some wimpy easy to kill mites lol they have never been a big problem to me really. Once I didn't have any mite spray on me when I bought a new snake and when she arrived she had mites and when I ordered the spray it took like 3-5 days to arrive and by the time the spray got here I had taken care of all the mites with the help of the snake she drowned a lot of them in her water bowl. Idk I guess I'm just a good mite killer


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[bcr229]

If you notice the mites on a new snake and treat for them immediately, the females may not have a chance to lay eggs. So yes, in that case one or two treatments will do the job. When most people get an outbreak they may not notice the mites for a day or so, especially if the snake is dark or has freckles, which gives time for the females to start laying eggs, and then you have a bigger problem to deal with.