wondering about mites

[palmer]

After reading recently about Jen and her horrible experience with the virus that wiped out her collection, I felt I needed to reevaluate for mites. I thought I was mite-free- I could see no signs of them, still can't. On Jen's site she talks about the vet finding a few on one of her deceased snakes even though she had felt confident that she had never had a mite in her collection. She mentions various ways that she had checked, including utilizing a type of tape- I want to be sure and was wondering what methods some of you use other than eye"balling"

[LadyOhh]

Treat your animal for mites even thought they may not have them, and you will be sure not to have them

[bigballs]

Ohhhh Lady, how wise!

[nixer]

Treat your animal for mites even thought they may not have them, and you will be sure not to have them

i use pam once every 2 weeks ive never seen one but i have seen bugs in zoomed aspen and i used pam and that and they died too

[LadyOhh]

I do it to all incoming animals immediately as well as once every six months as a precaution.

[Tosha_Mc]

I hate to say it but over the course of the whole ordeal the one thing we've learned is that Jen doesn't always tell the truth. I mean how many times did we hear about her impeccable quarantine until that was blown out of the water Within a matter of weeks she brought in a dozen animals from wherever she could find them cheap and dumped them all in the same room. Is anyone really surprised they found mites?

That being said - treat everything coming in and preventively thereafter.