Please help

[djole13]

I got this from my friend, is that ok for treatman against snake mites??? My boa have mites and in my country, Serbia I can not find any reptile spray against mites, we are stuffed because of that... So please tell me is this product ok for that and date on product is... 2012 but it is unopened bottle. Thank You very much on answers

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

[NH93]

Can you translate what it says to English please?


Also, I would suggest against using an expired product, especially from 2 years ago. However I have not used tick or mite treatments myself, so I don't know if it's like a "better than nothing" sort of deal, or what... I just thought others might like to know what the packaging says!

All the best!

[jclaiborne]

The ingredient you are looking for is permethrin. Do you access to anything like NIX?

[djole13]

My friend, what is NIX. I heard that permethrin is leatheal for snakes? Is that true??? Opinions are divided totaly.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

[bcr229]

Permethrin is lethal in high doses or if the snake injests it, which is why it's not recommended to spray it on the snake or its water bowl. Most mite treatment products are a 0.5% or less solution of permethrin and water.

In the US NIX and RID are names of permethrin-based treatments for head lice. One bottle is 2 ounces (59 ml) of 1% permethrin, which is mixed with 1 gallon (4 liters) of clean water when used as a snake mite spray at 0.01% permethrin which is very weak, but it works.

If you have livestock or farm stores you can probably find 10% concentrate. Just make sure to dilute it.

[jclaiborne]

My friend, what is NIX. I heard that permethrin is leatheal for snakes? Is that true??? Opinions are divided totaly.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

NIX is a brand name of lice treatment: http://www.nixlice.com/

The product with Permethrin is not directly applied to the reptile, it is applied to the enclosure and decorations, after it is applied you let it air out. As far as what goes directly on the reptile, I don't know the product in your picture, however in a quick pinch I have soaked the animal in water with a SMALL drop of soap, this helps drown the mites on the reptile.

[djole13]

Thanks a lot my friends, after soap with water soaking i just need to wash snake with clean warer, yes? Is that all? Soap is no problem for snake?

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

[jclaiborne]

Mite Treatment is going to take more than one go at it, but yes you dont want the water to be full of bubbles you basically put a very tiny drop of soap in the water let the snake soak, rinse him off after. That is one part, as far as the other side of the treatment, the mites also reside in the enclosure. You need to go with a minimalsitic setup. Dump all the substrate out, scrub the enclosure with the "NIX" type solution, get all the decorations out of there. until the mites are gone it is best to do paper towels for the "substrate" a water bowl and just a hide. This is an abbreviated description. Do a search on here for Mites and a ton of posts will pop up on how to remove/ kill them off. Good Luck!

[djole13]

Thanks !!!

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk