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  • 09-01-2014, 10:13 PM
    coltenmoore
    Mites and Shedding at the same time...HELP!
    Hello internet world. I come to you guys searching for advice.

    Short story. my ball has mites and is just starting her shed process.

    Long story. So I discovered that my ball had mites, and after researching the treatment process I settled on a combination of Mite-off and Prevent-a-mite. I went through the process of using PAM for the enclosure and MO for my snake. Everything went well but I still see a couple mites coming off in the water dish. From what I know about the PAM is it's best to wait 2 - 4 weeks before treating again, and 1-2 weeks for the MO. However, just last night I see the blue-ish cloudy eyes, indicating that's shes going to shed, so I bumped the humidity up. Should I wait until after the shed to treat the mites, but risk a bad shed? Should I treat the mites now, and risk stressing a shy snake during a shed and possibly causing harm by using the PAM so much? The timing of these events is making me nervous, any help would be greatly appreciated it, thanks!!!
  • 09-01-2014, 10:16 PM
    albinos_rule
    I have been lucky, and never had to deal with mites, but I am sure someone will be able to answer your question :D
  • 09-01-2014, 10:43 PM
    Sgpython
    Re: Mites and Shedding at the same time...HELP!
    Just wait till the snake sheds and then you could treat the mites happen to me
  • 09-04-2014, 10:39 PM
    pbyeerts
    Mites and Shedding at the same time...HELP!
    The shed should help clear off the mites. Follow the product directions and all will be well.


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  • 09-04-2014, 11:31 PM
    blk02ssmonte
    Re: Mites and Shedding at the same time...HELP!
    Leave it shed first and soon as shed comes off clean the enclosure. Keep snake in another enclosure for about 8 hours and after the enclosure is clean and treated then put snake back in and keep eye on everything. I used reptile spray for mine. I caught it early so it wasn't a big problem. Reptile spray worked for me.
    Good Luck!!!
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