Mite question

I have been very fortunate to not have any mites. However, in the case of an outbreak I was wondering if the treatments would be caustic to my arachnids. Knowing mites are arachnids, my guess is that it would do damage.
I keep my animals in the same room, so if a mite outbreak does happen, should I do a full quarantine? I only have three snakes, so it wouldn't be much work
Thanks in advance

I don't know for sure but better safe than sorry.

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Originally Posted by brock lesser

I don't know for sure but better safe than sorry.

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Definitely. I plan on giving the vivs a preventative spray this week and wanted to plan that ahead of time.
However, after a day or two after the spray should they be OK to return to their normal room?

Really can't guess on that, it would depend on what your using.
Hope someone with more experience with arachnids can help.

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Originally Posted by brock lesser

Really can't guess on that, it would depend on what your using.
Hope someone with more experience with arachnids can help.

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I was hoping for someone to pop up. Maybe this is better asked on an arachnid forum.

I would post in both alot of people here keep both.
Sorry I couldn't be more help.

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Originally Posted by brock lesser

I would post in both alot of people here keep both.
Sorry I couldn't be more help.

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All the same thanks!

I'm pretty sure I've read that the mite treatments can be fatal for spiders, so if you keep both you'll need to be very careful. Also, some of the mite treatments leave a residue that can continue to kill mites for 30 days or so. This is generally a good thing, as it kills mites as they hatch from the eggs which are immune to most treatments, and thus a single application can often fully eradicate a mite problem. However, it might be a really bad thing in your case. I'd try to get advise on an arachnid forum, where you are more likely to find people who know for sure what is dangerous to the spiders and what isn't. And proceed with caution. As was said, better safe than sorry.

The popular permethrin based mite products will kill arachnids.