Mites !!!!! NOOOOooooo

[lance]

I know everyone has a method and a plan of attack please tell me the secret to this travesty attack on my yellow-belly ball python female???

Thanks Kindly,

lance

[Adam Chandler]

I dunk mine a some water and while they are hanging out in their bath I sterilize their habitat, put some new substrate in and spray it down with Prevent-A-Mite

[llovelace]

a 30 minute soak in tepid water with a few drops of dawn detergent, clean tub & spray with PAM

[Vypyrz]

You can't go wrong with Provent-A-Mite (PAM)...

You can order it here... http://www.pro-products.com/

[lance]

thanks all I did a complete change of cage bleached the old one soaked her in cage warm water for a few hours then rinsed her off and slightly sprayed her body with the mite spray from natural habitat.

fingers crossed

lance

[Lolo76]

I did the soaking & PAM treatment for my entire collection (29 snakes) last weekend, and so far the mites appear to be gone. That stuff does work!! The Natural Habitat spray will work temporarily, but it doesn't kill the eggs... so eventually you're back to square one. I'd recommend ordering a can of PAM (link above) asap, and using it within the next week or two - mites have a life cycle of around 30 days, so you wanna kill those eggs NOW.

[Adam Chandler]

Yeah there is a big difference between the Natural Habitat stuff and PAM, you need PAM to kill the egg if any are hidden. Miss one and you are back to square one. Highly recommend getting some PAM.

[JEWSKIN]

hmmm the only thing I have ever found that works is a no pest strip from lowes i cut it depending on size of tank place on screen for an hour a day for at least 10 day eggs hatch I think that often but a good soak prior put them one news paper and pest strip on scree.....cant have arachnids or insects anywhere is the house they will die from it

[rabernet]

Another high recommendation for Provent-A-Mite. I won't trust anything else with my collection.

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[JEWSKIN]

Another high recommendation for Provent-A-Mite. I won't trust anything else with my collection.

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hmmm I have never had luck with prevent a mite or any other spray products as far as the no pest strip we used it at the reptile ranch with over 500 snakes lizards etc never had an issue and I never have sudden omg theyre backs.....ugh last night was the first time I have seen mites in well years gone withing the hour and no chemicals or soaps or oils needed on my babies