Hello all! I hope everyone is doing well tonight.
I am new to the ball python world. Last year I picked up a female yellow striped pied from Brian Gundy (i love that guy) She is around 15 months old now. Around a month ago I picked up a male banana, I like him very much.
Ignorance...not always bliss.
I have had a couple snakes in the past but when I was younger. A year ago I realized I had space, time and ignorance. So, I decided last year to properly get into a project. I went with a Banana/Coral glow Pied as my goal (I absolutely fell in love with them when I saw the pics of them). So I say it now.. this is a personal project, I am not doing this for any type of monetary gain. I did my research (I thought) and bought the basics. A few weeks ago, I bought my little banana man. About a week after I received him, I saw tiny black spots. My thought... "I have not seen a banana/coral glow develop their spots that soon". My ignorance.. "wow, cool"
Horrible realization
I came across a youtube video of a ball python with mites... NOOOOOOOOOOO! they look exactly the same as what my male has. @#!*&@!
Then I realize my female pied and him have been hanging out... !@&%$&( !@% !@#$ $^$%&# @#%#@$%&$^#$^#$ %^@$@#$
Before I take them to the vet, I have to ask everyone... Are these mites? If so, what safe and extremely effective treatment options are there?
Steps I took so far.. The rack was taken down completely, each one is in a seperate and ridiculous 75g tanks on either side of the room(makes no difference I'm sure), rack is out and ready to be scrubbed and sanitized, a wednesday vet appointment was made.
Pics...
I am sorry about picture quality, they were taken by my iphone about an hour ago. I can take more if needed. Feel free to blast me for the ignorance, any other info would be GREATLY appreciated as well!!!
Mark
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