Treating Mites

Alright so long story short....I had one of my snakes away for a bit and when I got him back he had mites. They spread through my entire rack. Today my prevent-a-mite (PAM) came in the mail. Heres what I did:

1. Took all the snakes out and put them in tubs filled with water so they can soak for a little while.

2. Removed all water dishes and hides, cleaned them with diluted bleach.

3. Sprayed the substrate in each tub with prevent-a-mite.

4. Waited 30 minutes to put water, hides, and snakes back into their tubs.

Please let me know if I did everything right or if there is something else you would recommend me doing so I don't have to deal with these stupid little critters anymore!

Don't give your snakes to other people. Who knows what their animals have or how they are treated.

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Originally Posted by yeroc1982

Don't give your snakes to other people. Who knows what their animals have or how they are treated.

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I think that was an unnecessary comment. Im pretty sure they have learned their lesson on their own and Im sure they aren't going to be doing it again for whatever their reasons were.

to add to my above post (as I accidently hit the submit reply buttong): They came posting asking for advice on how they are treating for mites, not condescending comments. Just my 2 cents.

Sorry, I don't know much about PAM. I always do a soak with a couple drops of dawn dishsoap and a little iodine. The iodine helps heal any wounds and the dawn helps break the surface tension to remove the mites from the snake. Good luck :)

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Originally Posted by ericzerka24

Alright so long story short....I had one of my snakes away for a bit and when I got him back he had mites. They spread through my entire rack. Today my prevent-a-mite (PAM) came in the mail. Heres what I did:

1. Took all the snakes out and put them in tubs filled with water so they can soak for a little while.

2. Removed all water dishes and hides, cleaned them with diluted bleach.

3. Sprayed the substrate in each tub with prevent-a-mite.

4. Waited 30 minutes to put water, hides, and snakes back into their tubs.

Please let me know if I did everything right or if there is something else you would recommend me doing so I don't have to deal with these stupid little critters anymore!

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Think you pretty much got it but I could be wrong but think I read somewhere about keeping the water out over night as it draws in the PAM

Think I read this somewhere


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Originally Posted by Courtney281

I think that was an unnecessary comment. Im pretty sure they have learned their lesson on their own and Im sure they aren't going to be doing it again for whatever their reasons were.

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I apologize, wasnt trying to be rude at all or call anyone down. I have never tried PAM, but if i end up getting mites somehow, i will try PAM.

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Originally Posted by yeroc1982

Don't give your snakes to other people. Who knows what their animals have or how they are treated.

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I didn't give him away. My buddy who owns the local pet store sold him for me and the guy backed out. He was busy with customers when I brought it up there so we put him in with a normal female that he recently got. The female must have had mites because when I brought him home I noticed he was soaking and thats when I found the little buggers.

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Originally Posted by Courtney281

to add to my above post (as I accidently hit the submit reply buttong): They came posting asking for advice on how they are treating for mites, not condescending comments. Just my 2 cents.

Sorry, I don't know much about PAM. I always do a soak with a couple drops of dawn dishsoap and a little iodine. The iodine helps heal any wounds and the dawn helps break the surface tension to remove the mites from the snake. Good luck :)

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Appreciate the input. Not one of the snakes from that rack are soaking in their water bowl anymore. Earlier today, every single one of them were.

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Originally Posted by Mike10205

Think you pretty much got it but I could be wrong but think I read somewhere about keeping the water out over night as it draws in the PAM

Think I read this somewhere


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Guess its too late for that. I will go change the water in every dish right after this post. Thanks

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Originally Posted by yeroc1982

I apologize, wasnt trying to be rude at all or call anyone down. I have never tried PAM, but if i end up getting mites somehow, i will try PAM.

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No worries:gj:

Hi,

I've never heard of having to take the waterbowls out at night - once the PAM has dried there should be no reason to remove the waterbowls.

And why would it only draw it at night? :confused:


dr del

Yeah, after the substrate is dry, you put water bowl and snake back in and leave it in. The snake will instinctively want to soak (thats their way to get rid of them). Some people spray the snake with Reptile Relief along with spraying PAM on the substrate. But sounds like you you are on the right track! Just to be on the safe side you may want to repeat this process in like ten days.

you are good to go. You should have no problems with mites any more. PAM does exactly what its supposed to do. Its very good for preventing future out breaks as well as new snakes come in.