Re: Provent-a-Mite Questions
Spray the cage down without the water bowl in it.
Let it DRY COMPLETELY, usually anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour just to be on the safe side.
There's no reason to leave the water bowl out for 2 days.
All of this without the snake in the enclosure of course.
PAM is only dangerous while it's still WET, not dry.
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thanks so put the water bowl in right away
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Yes, as soon as the PAM dries, it is ok to put the snake and waterbowl back in the enclosure...
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I wait an hour to be sure, then the snakes and water go back in. I've been treating 8 tubs this way for 5 months with no trouble, so I'm going to say it's ok.
I think the back of the can even says to wait an hour.
Gale
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I spray some PaM and take my BP downstairs and we watch about an hour of TV before putting everything back in. I usually take that time to also clean and sanitize the water bowl.
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My albino king had mites and the gentleman at the pet store offered to use PAM to treat her for me. He took her home over night and brought her back yesterday. She's lethargic, keeps lying on her back, barely moving and losing her bowels. I'm terrified! Is she going to die? What can I do? I've already removed everything from the tank and washed it really well and given the snake a bath.
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Jenny4
My albino king had mites and the gentleman at the pet store offered to use PAM to treat her for me. He took her home over night and brought her back yesterday. She's lethargic, keeps lying on her back, barely moving and losing her bowels. I'm terrified! Is she going to die? What can I do? I've already removed everything from the tank and washed it really well and given the snake a bath.
You might want to repost his as its own topic in the colubrid section of the forum, but I would definitely get it to a vet right away. If the guy sprayed her directly she could be having neurological issues. PAM is essentially an insecticide and is very bad for your snake to breathe in or have applied to its skin or put into a still-wet, PAM-treated enclosure.